The Pretender
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Story of an investment agent who embezzles a large sum from an estate, hoping to cover his crime by marrying the estate's heiress. The girl is already engaged, so he arranges to have the fiance killed. A mix up involving the society section of the newspaper places him in the sights of his own hired gun.
Status: Released
Released Date: 1947-08-11
Runtime: 69 mins
Director: W. Lee Wilder
Spoken language: English
Genres: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Original title: The Pretender
Production Companies: W. Lee Wilder Productions
Production Countries: United States of America
Cast
Albert Dekker
Catherine Craig
Charles Drake
Alan Carney
Linda Stirling
Tom Kennedy
Selmer Jackson
Charles Middleton
Ernie Adams
Ben Welden
Stanley Ross
John Bagni
Michael Mark
Peggy Wynne
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