The Pretender
“A blueprint for murder!”
1947•NR•1h 9m•5.8•Released
CrimeDramaThriller
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
Writer
Don Martin
Languages
English
Studio
W. Lee Wilder Productions
Cast
Albert Dekker
Kenneth Holden
Catherine Craig
Claire Worthington
Charles Drake
Dr. Leonard Koster
Alan Carney
Victor Korrin
Linda Stirling
Flo Ronson
Tom Kennedy
Fingers Murdock
Selmer Jackson
Charles Lennox
Charles Middleton
William the butler
Ernie Adams
Thomas the butler
Ben Welden
Mickie
Stanley Ross
Stranger
John Bagni
Hank Gordon
Michael Mark
Mike the Janitor
Peggy Wynne
Miss Chalmers
Cay Forester
Evelyn Cossett
Production
Company
W. Lee Wilder Productions
Producer
W. Lee Wilder
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