The Fake

The Fake

80 mins | Drama, Crime | Sept. 25, 1953

Someone is stealing priceless paintings from the great museums of the world and replacing them with nearly flawless forgeries. Leonardo da Vinci's "Madonna and Child" is being shipped to London's Tate Gallery for a special exhibition, and Paul Mitchell is assigned to protect it. Upon the painting's arrival, Paul realizes it has been switched. Eager to collect the museum's $50,000 reward, he teams up with Mary Mason, a Tate employee, to recover the original.

The Fake

80 mins | Drama, Crime | Sept. 25, 1953

The Fake
Someone is stealing priceless paintings from the great museums of the world and replacing them with nearly flawless forgeries. Leonardo da Vinci's "Madonna and Child" is being shipped to London's Tate Gallery for a special exhibition, and Paul Mitchell is assigned to protect it. Upon the painting's arrival, Paul realizes it has been switched. Eager to collect the museum's $50,000 reward, he teams up with Mary Mason, a Tate employee, to recover the original.
IMDb rating 6.1
Producers Pax Films
Original title The Fake
Directors Leon Bijou, Godfrey Grayson, Angela Allen
Writers James Daplyn, Patrick Kirwan

Cast

Dennis O'Keefe

as Paul Mitchell

Coleen Gray

as Mary Mason

Hugh Williams

as Sir Richard Aldingham

Guy Middleton

as Smith

John Laurie

as Henry Mason

Gerald Case

as Randall

Seymour Green

as Weston

Eliot Makeham

as George

Stanley Van Beers

as Cartwright

Ellen Pollock

as Miss Fossett

Morris Sweden

as Pettigrew

Dora Bryan

as Barmaid

Arnold Bell

as Police Inspector / Bearded Tramp

Michael Ward

as Art Salesman

Clifford Buckton

as Lodging House Keeper

Leslie Phillips

as Boy Student

Marianne Noelle

as Girl Student

Billie Whitelaw

as Waitress

John Wadham

as Thug

Frank Atkinson

as uncredited

Tom Clegg

as uncredited

Guy Deghy

as uncredited

Harold Sanderson

as uncredited

Johnnie Schofield

as uncredited

Leonard Sharp

as uncredited