The Pretender (1947)
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.
- Released
- 1947-08-11
- Genres
- Crime, Drama, Thriller
- Runtime
- 69 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- W. Lee Wilder, Don Martin
- TMDB rating
- 5.8/10 from 15 votes
Cast
- Albert Dekker as Kenneth Holden
- Catherine Craig as Claire Worthington
- Charles Drake as Dr. Leonard Koster
- Alan Carney as Victor Korrin
- Linda Stirling as Flo Ronson
- Tom Kennedy as Fingers Murdock
- Selmer Jackson as Charles Lennox
- Charles Middleton as William the butler
- Ernie Adams as Thomas the butler
- Ben Welden as Mickie
- Stanley Ross as Stranger
- John Bagni as Hank Gordon