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False Pretenses

Genres

TV Movie , Thriller , Drama

Duration

86 min

Director

Jason Hreno

Rating

6.0

Release Date

October 24, 2004

False Pretenses

Original title: False Pretenses

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Synopsis

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,