False Pretenses (False Pretenses)

Release Date:	2004-10-25
Runtime:	86 min
Status:	Released
Genres:	TV Movie, Thriller, Drama
Production:	Power, Incendo Productions, Power

Overview

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,