False Pretenses (2004)
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,
- Date of release
- 2004-10-25
- TMDB
- 6.5 / 10 (8)
- Runtime
- 1h 26m
- Genres
- TV Movie, Thriller, Drama
- Director
- Jason Hreno
Casting
- Peta Wilson — Dianne / Dee Dee Martin
- Stewart Bick — Mitchell Thomson
- Melanie Nicholls-King — Cerise
- Conrad Pla — Nando
- Francis X. McCarthy — Chasen Boggs
- Anthony Lemke — Randal Ackers
- David Gow — Norm
- Jennifer Morehouse — Paige Segal
- Brian D. Wright — Fred The Manager
- Miranda Handford — Laura
- Cas Anvar — Nabil
- Andreya Sullivan — Donelle
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