"How does a worldly high school guy start dating an unsuspecting Christian girl? He becomes...the pretender." 01 January 1987 Drama, Family 38 mins
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.
Watch the official The Pretender 1987 trailer in HD below or find more The Pretender videos on Vidimovie.
Mark Rose as Keith
Dan Addington as Frank
Crystal Robbins as Dana
Donnie Keshawarz as Nick
Jeff Glover as Dean
John-Eric Davies as Tony
Jack McHaney as Richard
Dave Christiano Director
Dave Christiano Writer
Eric Dawicki Production Assistant
Dave Christiano Director of Photography
Rich Christiano Sound
Rich Christiano Producer
Dave Christiano Editor
United States 01 January 1987
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