Swindler Seduction

{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Infobox television | image = | image_size = | image_alt = | caption = | genre = Drama | creator = | writer = Barbara Nance | screenplay = | story = | director = Jonathan Wright | starring = Colton Haynes<br>Gabrielle Graham | narrator = | theme_music_composer = Kristjan Bergey | country = Canada<br>United States | language = English | num_episodes = | producer = Shane Boucher<br>Caitlin Delaney | editor = Marc Roussel | cinematography = Jonathan Yapp | runtime = 110 minutes | company = Muse Entertainment | budget = | network = Lifetime<br>CTV Life Channel | released = {{Start date|2022|10|22}} | open_theme = }} '''''Swindler Seduction''''' is a Canadian-American dramatic television film, directed by Jonathan Wright and released in 2022.<ref>Brooke Cain, [https://www.newsobserver.com/entertainment/tv-movies/warm-tv-blog/article267630207.html "What to Watch Saturday: Lifetime ‘Swindler’ movie takes on romantic scammers"]. ''The News & Observer'', October 22, 2022.</ref> The film stars Colton Haynes as Steve and Mitch Johnson, identical twin brothers who have turned to life as con artists, romancing women in order to swindle them out of their money, and Gabrielle Graham as Louisa, a woman who is falling victim to their scam.<ref>Giovana Gelhoren, [https://people.com/tv/colton-haynes-swindler-seduction-ripped-from-the-headlines-lifetime/ "Colton Haynes Plays Seductive Twin Swindlers in Wild New Lifetime 'Ripped from the Headlines' Movie"]. ''People'', September 28, 2022.</ref>

The cast also includes Tanisha Thammavongsa, Megan Hutchings, Daniel Chae Jun, Yanna McIntosh and Dave Rose.

The film premiered October 22, 2022 on Lifetime,<ref>Tatiana Hullender, [https://screenrant.com/swindler-seduction-lifetime-colton-haynes-exclusive-clip/ "Colton Haynes Plays Twin Crooks In Swindler Seduction"]. ''Screen Rant'', October 21, 2022.</ref> and was later broadcast in Canada by CTV Life Channel.

==Awards== {| class="wikitable" |+ !Award !Date of ceremony !Category !Nominees !Result !Reference |- | rowspan="2" |Canadian Screen Awards | rowspan="2" |2023 | Best TV Movie | Shane Boucher, Jonas Prupas, Caitlin Delaney, Jesse Prupas, Colton Haynes, Piers Vellacott, Sara Murray | {{won}} | <ref>Jackson Weaver, [https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/csas-final-night-2023-1.6811617 "The Porter, Sort Of showered in awards on the CSAs' final night"]. CBC News, April 14, 2023.</ref> |- | Best Performance in a Television Film or Miniseries | Gabrielle Graham | {{nom}} | <ref>[https://playbackonline.ca/2023/02/22/csas-23-cbcs-the-porter-leads-tv-nominations/ "CSAs ’23: CBC’s The Porter leads TV nominations"]. ''Playback'', February 22, 2023.</ref> |- | Canadian Screen Music Awards | 2023 | Best Original Score for a Television Special | Kristjan Bergey | {{won}} | <ref>Howard Druckman, [https://www.socanmagazine.ca/news/fifteen-socan-members-honoured-in-2023-canadian-screen-music-awards-casmas/ "Fifteen SOCAN members honoured in 2023 Canadian Screen Music Awards (CASMAs)"]. ''Words & Music'', October 31, 2023.</ref> |}

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Category:2022 films Category:2022 television films Category:Canadian drama television films Category:English-language Canadian films Category:Lifetime (TV channel) films Category:Gemini and Canadian Screen Award for Best Television Film or Miniseries winners Category:American drama television films Category:2022 Canadian films Category:2022 American films