Film

The Fake

1953 · 1h 20m · Crime · Drama

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

IMDb

6.1

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.

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

Leslie Phillips

Boy Student

• Godfrey GraysonDirector
• Patrick KirwanScreenplay
• James DaplynStory
• Steven PallosProducer
• Cedric WilliamsDirector of Photography
• Ilona KabosOriginal Music Composer
• Charles HasseEditor
• Jim ConnockEditor
• John JonesCasting

Release date

September 25, 1953

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 20m

Genres

Crime, Drama

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