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
Dido Plumb
as Museum Visitor (uncredited)
Guy Middleton
as Smith
Coleen Gray
as Mary Mason
John Laurie
as Henry Mason
Hugh Williams
as Sir Richard Aldingham
Michael Ward
as Art Salesman
Johnnie Schofield
as uncredited
Ellen Pollock
as Miss Fossett
Billie Whitelaw
as Waitress
Dennis O'Keefe
as Paul Mitchell
Stanley Van Beers
as Cartwright
Frank Atkinson
as uncredited
Eliot Makeham
as George
Dora Bryan
as Barmaid
Guy Deghy
as uncredited
Leslie Phillips
as Boy Student
Tom Clegg
as uncredited