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The Pretender

1987-01-01 · 38 min · ★ 6.0

Drama · Family

A skirt-chasing teenager pretends to adopt the practices of Christianity to impress a girl... only to find himself slowly genuinely becoming one of them.

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Directors
Dave Christiano
Production companies
Christiano Brothers Films
Countries
United States of America
Status
Released

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Mark RoseKeith
Dan AddingtonFrank
Crystal RobbinsDana
Donnie KeshawarzDonnie KeshawarzNick
Jeff GloverDean
John-Eric DaviesTony
Jack McHaneyRichard

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