The Fake
The Fake
Release: 1953-09-25
·Runtime: 80m
·★ 5.5
Crime
Drama
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.
Production Countries
United Kingdom
Production Companies
Pax Films
Cast
Hugh Williams
as Sir Richard Aldingham
Dido Plumb
as Museum Visitor (uncredited)
Coleen Gray
as Mary Mason
Frank Atkinson
as uncredited
Guy Middleton
as Smith
Michael Ward
as Art Salesman
Tom Clegg
as uncredited
Johnnie Schofield
as uncredited
Leslie Phillips
as Boy Student
Billie Whitelaw
as Waitress
Dora Bryan
as Barmaid
Ellen Pollock
as Miss Fossett
Guy Deghy
as uncredited
Dennis O'Keefe
as Paul Mitchell
John Laurie
as Henry Mason
Eliot Makeham
as George
Stanley Van Beers
as Cartwright