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The Pretender

How does a worldly high school guy start dating an unsuspecting Christian girl? He becomes...the pretender.
Jan 1, 1987 · 38m
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Drama
Family

PLOT

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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CAST

Mark Rose
Keith
Dan Addington
Frank
Crystal Robbins
Dana
Donnie Keshawarz
Nick
Jeff Glover
Dean
John-Eric Davies
Tony
Jack McHaney
Richard
Directed by Dave Christiano

DETAILS

Status
Released
Original language
EN
Budget
—
Revenue
—
Production
Christiano Brothers Films
Country
US

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