False Pretenses(2004)

Name: False Pretenses
Director: Jason Hreno
Genre: TV Movie, Thriller, Drama
Released: 2004-01-01
Duration: 86 min
Cast: Peta Wilson, Stewart Bick, Melanie Nicholls-King, Conrad Pla, Francis X. McCarthy

Peta Wilson Stewart Bick Melanie Nicholls-King Conrad Pla Francis X. McCarthy

Falling 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,