False Pretenses

False Pretenses

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Status

Released

Release Date

Oct 25, 2004

Runtime

1h 26m

Genres

TV Movie, Thriller, Drama

User Score

52%

Original Title

False Pretenses

Production Companies

Power, Incendo Productions, Power

Director

Jason Hreno

Description

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,