- HD 1080
- Runtime: 86m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: en
- Country: United States of America, Canada
- Director: Jason Hreno
- Stars: Peta Wilson, Stewart Bick, Melanie Nicholls-King, Conrad Pla, Francis X. McCarthy
- Production_studio: Power, Incendo Productions, Power
- The False Pretenses is featured in the top rankings of 2004
- #96 in Top Thriller Movies of 2004
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,
