The Pretender (1947)

Name: The Pretender
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Released: 1947-08-11
Duration: 69 min
Cast: Albert Dekker, Catherine Craig, Charles Drake, Alan Carney, Linda Stirling

A blueprint for murder!

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.

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Released 1947-08-11 · 69 min · Crime, Drama, Thriller

Directed by W. Lee Wilder

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
Michael Mark as Mike the Janitor
Peggy Wynne as Miss Chalmers
Cay Forester as Evelyn Cossett