False Pretenses (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,
Director: Jason Hreno
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Peta Wilson as Dianne / Dee Dee Martin |
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Stewart Bick as Mitchell Thomson |
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Melanie Nicholls-King as Cerise |
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Conrad Pla as Nando |
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Francis X. McCarthy as Chasen Boggs |
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Anthony Lemke as Randal Ackers |
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David Gow as Norm |
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Jennifer Morehouse as Paige Segal |
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Brian D. Wright as Fred The Manager |
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Miranda Handford as Laura |
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Cas Anvar as Nabil |
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Andreya Sullivan as Donelle |
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Marie-Anne Alepin as Chandra |
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Cristina Rosato as Eva |
| Directing | Jason Hreno | Director |
| Camera | Daniel Vincelette | Director of Photography |
| Art | Jean Bécotte | Production Design |
| Production | Anne Carlucci | Executive Producer |
| Production | Jean Bureau | Producer |
| Production | Justin Bodle | Executive Producer |
| Production | Serge Denis | Line Producer |
| Art | Josée Pilon | Set Decoration |
| Production | Vera Miller | Casting |
| Sound | Natalie Fleurant | ADR Supervisor |
| Sound | Michel B. Bordeleau | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Camera | Isabelle Pépin | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Yves Langlois | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Adriana Verbert | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Claudette B. Casavant | Key Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Nicole Pelletier | Costume Design |
| Production | Nadia Rona | Casting |
| Production | Stephen Greenberg | Executive Producer |
| Art | Lyne Chénier | Set Decoration |
| Writing | Tom Swale | Writer |
| Sound | James Gelfand | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Josée Mauffette | Producer |
