False Pretenses
False Pretenses
Release: 2004-10-25
·Runtime: 86m
·★ 6.0
TV Movie
Thriller
Drama
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,
Production Countries
United States of America
Canada
Production Companies
Power
Incendo Productions
Power
Cast
Melanie Nicholls-King
as Cerise
Conrad Pla
as Nando
Anthony Lemke
as Randal Ackers
Stewart Bick
as Mitchell Thomson
Francis X. McCarthy
as Chasen Boggs
David Gow
as Norm
Jennifer Morehouse
as Paige Segal
Brian D. Wright
as Fred The Manager
Miranda Handford
as Laura
Cas Anvar
as Nabil
Cristina Rosato
as Eva
Peta Wilson
as Dianne / Dee Dee Martin
