False Pretenses (2004)

David Gow, Andrew Johnston, Stewart Bick, Melanie Nicholls-King, Peta Wilson ... see more  , Cas Anvar , Jennifer Morehouse , Francis-Xavier McCarthy , Anthony Lemke , Conrad Pla , Ian Finlay , Brian D. Wright , Marie-Anne Alepin , Miranda Handford , Andreya Sullivan , Melanie Nicholls King

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 ... read more 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, False Pretenses originally aired October 25, 2004. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi