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 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,
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Peta Wilson
Dianne / Dee Dee Martin
Stewart Bick
Mitchell Thomson
Melanie Nicholls-King
Cerise
Conrad Pla
Nando
Francis X. McCarthy
Chasen Boggs
Anthony Lemke
Randal Ackers
David Gow
Norm
Jennifer Morehouse
Paige Segal
Brian D. Wright
Fred The Manager
Miranda Handford
Laura
Cas Anvar
Nabil
Andreya Sullivan
Donelle
Marie-Anne Alepin
Chandra
Cristina Rosato
Eva
