The Pretender
- IMDb link: 0039730
- IMDb rating: 6.5 (452 votes) Search
- Genres: Thriller, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
- Director: W. Lee Wilder
- Cast: Albert Dekker, Charles Drake, Catherine Craig, Alan Carney and others
- Release date: 13 Aug 1947
- Release year: 1947
- Runtime: 69 minutes
- Country: United States
- Keywords: fiance fiancee relationship, paranoia, making a contract, telephone, fear of everything, lie, peculiar ending, ex fiancee, coincidence, jealousy
Plot:
Banker Kenneth Holden (Albert Dekker) steals funds from an estate and decides to marry the heiress, Claire Worthington (Catherine Craig), to safeguard his position. He arranges for her fiance to be killed but does not state the fiance's name. Claire, meanwhile, has a change of heart and marries Holden, so he now becomes the target of the killer and attempts to cancel the deal--except he doesn't know who the hired killer is.
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