The Fake
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.
- Production
- Pax Films
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Cast
Dennis O'Keefe
Paul Mitchell
Coleen Gray
Mary Mason
Hugh Williams
Sir Richard Aldingham
Guy Middleton
Smith
John Laurie
Henry Mason
Eliot Makeham
George
Stanley Van Beers
Cartwright
Ellen Pollock
Miss Fossett
Dora Bryan
Barmaid
Michael Ward
Art Salesman
Leslie Phillips
Boy Student
Billie Whitelaw
Waitress
Frank Atkinson
uncredited
Tom Clegg
uncredited
Guy Deghy
uncredited
Johnnie Schofield
uncredited
Dido Plumb
Museum Visitor (uncredited)
Crew
- Director
- Godfrey Grayson
- Writers
- James Daplyn,Patrick Kirwan
- Producers
- Steven Pallos
- Cinematography
- Cedric Williams
- Composer
- Ilona Kabos
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CinemaSerf
March 7, 2024
This is actually quite a fun little story with just about all of the jeopardy dealt with by the title! A ship docks at Tilbury and a crate is off-loaded, rather unceremoniously. A scuffle breaks out between the dockers and next thing, the world renowned "Madonna and Child" by Leonardo Da Vinci has gone walkabouts. It's very quickly recovered, but - is it the real thing? Well fortunately, we have a visiting American expert "Mitchell" (Dennis O'Keefe) on hand and soon he is on the hunt for a myste…