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The Pretender

  • Crime
  • Drama
  • Thriller

August 11, 1947 (US)

1h 9m

A blueprint for murder!

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 sigh...

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