False Pretenses

False Pretenses 2004

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Falling victim to a glib con artist named Michael (Stewart Bick), Texas housewife Diane (Peta Wilson) loses all her money, a disaster that drives her husband Randal (Anthony Lemke) to suicide. Unable to get justice through the official channels, Diane mounts her own plan of revenge. This involves assuming a new identity, trading in her blonde tresses for a redheaded "do", moving to a small town, and systematically seducing the man who ruined her life. One of six "no frills" TV movies produced in Canada for the Lifetime cable network at a flat cost of 2 million each,

  • Released: 2004-10-25
  • Runtime: 86 minutes
  • Genre: TV Movie, Thriller, Drama
  • Stars: Peta Wilson, Melanie Nicholls-King, Conrad Pla, Anthony Lemke, Jennifer Morehouse, Cas Anvar, Cristina Rosato, Stewart Bick, Francis X. McCarthy, David Gow, Brian D. Wright, Miranda Handford
  • Director: Jason Hreno