The Pretender (film)

The Pretender is a 1947 crime drama film noir directed by W. Lee Wilder starring Albert Dekker, Catherine Craig, Charles Drake and Alan Carney.[1] The story tells of Kenneth Holden (Dekker), a crooked investment businessman who embezzles a large sum of money from an estate.When Claire Worthington changes her mind and agrees to marry Holden, however, it means that it is his picture that will appear in the newspaper, thereby condemning him to death.In one amazing characteristic noir scene, the protagonist is seated on the floor of his unlit, locked room eating crackers and canned food, afraid of being poisoned.This is one of the first movies to score for theremin, an effectively chilling mood music which later became a cliché for many 1950s sci-fi films about aliens.
W. Lee WilderAlbert DekkerCatherine CraigCharles DrakeAlan CarneyJohn AltonJohn F. Link Sr.Paul DessauRepublic Picturescrime dramafilm noirLinda StirlingTom KennedyCharles MiddletonBen WeldenJohn BagniForrest TaylorCay ForresterthereminList of American films of 1947TCM Movie DatabaseYouTubeThe Glass AlibiYankee FakirThe Vicious CircleOnce a ThiefThree Steps NorthPhantom from SpaceKillers from SpaceThe Snow CreatureThe Big BluffManfishThe Man Without a BodySpy in the Sky!Bluebeard's Ten HoneymoonsThe Omegans