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The Pretender

How does a worldly high school guy start dating an unsuspecting Christian girl? He becomes...the pretender.

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.

38m1987TMDb 6.0

DramaFamily

English

Crew and Cast

Dave ChristianoDave ChristianoDirector
Mark RoseKeith
Dan AddingtonFrank
Crystal RobbinsDanaDonnie KeshawarzDonnie KeshawarzNick
Jeff GloverDean
John-Eric DaviesTony
Jack McHaneyRichard

Storyline

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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Info

Status
Released
Released
1 January 1987
Runtime
38m
TMDB score
6.0 / 10 (4 votes)

Production

Director
Dave Christiano
Writers
Dave Christiano
Studios
Christiano Brothers Films
Countries
United States of America

Languages

Original
English
Spoken
English