The Fake
“A RACKET'S A RACKET ...and A MURDER IS A MURDER!”
1953•1h 20m•5.9•Released
CrimeDrama
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.
Director
Godfrey Grayson
Writer
Patrick Kirwan
Languages
English
Studio
Pax Films
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
Production
Company
Pax Films
Producer
Steven Pallos
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