The Pretender.

Kenneth Holden (Dekker) embezzles a large sum of money from an estate. He hopes to cover his crime by marrying the estate's heiress Claire Worthington (Craig) However, she is already engaged, so Holden arranges for her fiancé to be killed. The hired hit man's only means of identifying the victim is the picture in the society columns. However, it means that it is his picture that will appear in the newspaper, thereby condemning him to death.

Credits

Cast
Albert Dekker, Catherine Craig

Copyright

Complete catalog record
THE PRETENDER. Republic Productions, Inc., c1947. 69 min., sd., b&w, 35mm. Credits: Producer and director, W. Lee Wilder; original screenplay, Don Martin; music director, Paul Dessau; film editor, Asa Boyd Clark. Cast: Albert Dekker, Catherine Craig. © Republic Pictures Corp.; 28Jul47; LP1166.

Sources

  1. 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, year, creator, length, format, color, sound, genre, description, credits, catalog record, copyright
  2. Wikidata · Q7758107 ↗ — country