The Fake (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.
- Released
- 1953-09-25
- Genres
- Crime, Drama
- Runtime
- 80 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Godfrey Grayson, Patrick Kirwan
- TMDB rating
- 5.9/10 from 11 votes
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