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The Pretender

The Pretender

W. Lee Wilder

1947

  • Crime
  • Drama
  • Thriller
5.8

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.

Cast & crew

  • W. Lee WilderDirector
  • Albert DekkerKenneth Holden
  • Catherine CraigClaire Worthington
  • Charles DrakeDr. Leonard Koster
  • Alan CarneyVictor Korrin
  • Linda StirlingFlo Ronson
  • Tom KennedyFingers Murdock
  • Selmer JacksonCharles Lennox
  • Charles MiddletonWilliam the butler

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