- HD 1080
- Runtime: 69m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: en
- Country: United States of America
- Director: W. Lee Wilder
- Stars: Albert Dekker, Catherine Craig, Charles Drake, Alan Carney, Linda Stirling
- keywords: film noir, embezzler
- Production_studio: W. Lee Wilder Productions
- Slogan: A blueprint for murder!
- The The Pretender is featured in the top rankings of 1947
- #99 in Top Drama Movies of 1947
- #45 in Top Crime Movies of 1947
- #43 in Top Thriller Movies of 1947
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.