The Fake
25/09/1953
1h 20m
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.
Cast
Dennis O'Keefe
Paul Mitchell
Coleen Gray
Mary Mason
Hugh Williams
Sir Richard Aldingham
Guy Middleton
Smith
John Laurie
Henry Mason
Gerald Case
Randall
Seymour Green
Weston
Eliot Makeham
George
Stanley Van Beers
Cartwright
Ellen Pollock
Miss Fossett
Morris Sweden
Pettigrew
Dora Bryan
Barmaid
Arnold Bell
Police Inspector
Michael Ward
Art Salesman
Clifford Buckton
Lodging House Keeper
Leslie Phillips
Boy Student
Marianne Noelle
Girl Student
Billie Whitelaw
Waitress
John Wadham
Thug
Beatrice Kane
Frank Atkinson
uncredited
Tom Clegg
uncredited
Guy Deghy
uncredited
Harold Sanderson
uncredited
Johnnie Schofield
uncredited
Leonard Sharp
uncredited
Philip Ray
Bearded Tramp
Hyma Beckley
Art Gallery Visitor (uncredited)
Jimmy Cains
Howard - Tate Gallery Attendant (uncredited)
Dan Darnelli
Pub Customer (uncredited)
Norman Fisher
Museum Visitor (uncredited)
Robert Gregory
Art Gallery Visitor (uncredited)
Charles Hammond
Pub Customer (uncredited)
Dido Plumb
Museum Visitor (uncredited)
Jim Tyson
Stevedore (uncredited)
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