- Country: USA
- Genres: Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
- Release: 1947-08-13
- Director: W. Lee Wilder
- Writers: Don Martin , Doris Miller
- Language: English
- Stars: Albert Dekker (1905–1968) , Catherine Craig , Charles Drake , Alan Carney , Linda Stirling , Tom Kennedy , Selmer Jackson , Charles Middleton , Ernie Adams , Ben Welden
- Runtime: 69 min
- Awards: N/A
- AKA: The Pretender (United Kingdom) , The Pretender , The Pretender (United States of America) , Prisioneiro do Medo (Brazil) , Yo soy mi asesino (Spain)
- Plot: Kenneth Holden (Albert Dekker), a banker, steals funds from an estate and decides to marry the heiress, Claire Worthington (Catherine Craig), to safeguard his position. He arranges for her fiancé to be killed but does not state the fiancé's name. Claire, meanwhile, has a change of heart and marries Holden. Thusly he now becomes the target of the killer and attempts to cancel the deal - except he doesn't know who the hired killer is.
- IMDB:tt0039730
The Pretender Cast · · · ALL
W. Lee Wilder
Director
Albert Dekker
(1905–1968)
Kenneth Holden
Catherine Craig
Claire Worthington
Charles Drake
Dr. Leonard Koster
Alan Carney
Victor Korrin
Linda Stirling
Flo Ronson
Tom Kennedy
Fingers Murdock
Selmer Jackson
Charles Lennox
Charles Middleton
William the butler
Ernie Adams
Thomas the butler
Ben Welden
Mickie
Stanley Ross
Stranger
John Bagni
Hank Gordon
Michael Mark
Mike the Janitor
Peggy Wynne
Miss Chalmers