The Fake

Sep 25, 1953

1h 20m

★ 5.5

A RACKET'S A RACKET ...and A MURDER IS A MURDER!

Overview

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.

Genres

Crime

Drama

Production Companies

Pax Films

The Fake Trailers

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Cast

Paul Mitchell

Dennis O'Keefe

Mary Mason

Coleen Gray

Sir Richard Aldingham

Hugh Williams

Smith

Guy Middleton

Henry Mason

John Laurie

Randall

Gerald Case

Weston

Seymour Green

George

Eliot Makeham

Cartwright

Stanley Van Beers

Miss Fossett

Ellen Pollock

Pettigrew

Morris Sweden

Barmaid

Dora Bryan

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