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The Pretender

A blueprint for murder!

5.5

1h 9m

1947

“A blueprint for murder!”

Synopsis

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.

Director

W. Lee Wilder

CrimeDramaThriller

film noirembezzler

Cast & Crew

Albert Dekker

Albert Dekker

as Kenneth Holden

Catherine Craig

Catherine Craig

as Claire Worthington

Charles Drake

Charles Drake

as Dr. Leonard Koster

Alan Carney

Alan Carney

as Victor Korrin

Linda Stirling

Linda Stirling

as Flo Ronson

Tom Kennedy

Tom Kennedy

as Fingers Murdock

Selmer Jackson

Selmer Jackson

as Charles Lennox

Charles Middleton

Charles Middleton

as William the butler

Ernie Adams

Ernie Adams

as Thomas the butler

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