The Pretender (1947)
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Directors
W. Lee Wilder
Cast
Albert Dekker, Charles Drake
The story
The story tells of Kenneth Holden (Dekker), a crooked investment businessman, who embezzles a large sum of money from an estate. He hopes to cover his crime by marrying the estate's heiress, Claire Worthington (Craig). However, Worthington is already engaged, so Holden arranges for her fiancé to be killed.
Genres
crime film, film noir
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