False Pretenses
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,
2004-10-25
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Cast
Peta Wilson as Dianne / Dee Dee Martin
Melanie Nicholls-King as Cerise
Conrad Pla as Nando
Francis X. McCarthy as Chasen Boggs
Anthony Lemke as Randal Ackers
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