The Pretender (1947)
A blueprint for murder!
69 min
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.
- Release date
- August 11, 1947
- Country of origin
- United States
Cast
- Albert Dekker as Kenneth Holden
- Catherine Craig as Claire Worthington
- Charles Drake as Dr. Leonard G. 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
Crew
- W. Lee Wilder · Director
- Don Martin · Writer
- Doris Miller · Writer
- W. Lee Wilder · Producer
- Paul Dessau · Composer
- John Alton · Cinematographer
- Asa Boyd Clark · Editor
- John F. Link Sr. · Editor