False Pretenses
2004Falling 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,
Acted in
Peta Wilson
as Dianne / Dee Dee Martin
Stewart Bick
as Mitchell Thomson
Melanie Nicholls-King
as Cerise
Conrad Pla
as Nando
Francis X. McCarthy
as Chasen Boggs
Anthony Lemke
as Randal Ackers
David Gow
as Norm
Jennifer Morehouse
as Paige Segal
Brian D. Wright
as Fred The Manager
Miranda Handford
as Laura
Cas Anvar
as Nabil
Andreya Sullivan
as Donelle
Marie-Anne Alepin
as Chandra
Cristina Rosato
as Eva