The Pretender
A blueprint for murder!
1947 · 1h 9m · Approved
Crime, Drama, Thriller
Directed by
W. Lee Wilder
Overview
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 and cast
- W. Lee Wilder Director
- Albert Dekker as Kenneth Holden
- Catherine Craig as Claire Worthington
- Charles Drake as Dr. Leonard Koster
- Alan Carney as Victor Korrin
- Linda Stirling as Flo Ronson
- Tom Kennedy as Fingers
- Selmer Jackson as Charles Lennox
- Charles Middleton as William the butler
- Ernie Adams as Thomas the butler
- Ben Welden Cast
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