The Pretender

Aug 11, 1947

1h 9m

★ 5.5

A blueprint for murder!

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.

Genres

Crime

Drama

Thriller

Production Companies

W. Lee Wilder Productions

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Cast

Kenneth Holden

Albert Dekker

Claire Worthington

Catherine Craig

Dr. Leonard Koster

Charles Drake

Victor Korrin

Alan Carney

Flo Ronson

Linda Stirling

Fingers Murdock

Tom Kennedy

Charles Lennox

Selmer Jackson

William the butler

Charles Middleton

Thomas the butler

Ernie Adams

Mickie

Ben Welden

Stranger

Stanley Ross

Hank Gordon

John Bagni

John Trimble has embezzled and obtains another identity by having a mutilated body buried in his place. He is later arrested for murdering himself. During the trial his mother, before dying from shock, asks him to keep his identity secret since his wife is now married to the Governor and expecting a child.

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