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The Fake

The Fake

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

1953•1h 20m•5.5/10
CrimeDrama

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5.5/10(10)

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.

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Production

Pax Films

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Dennis O'Keefe

Dennis O'Keefe

Paul Mitchell

Coleen Gray

Coleen Gray

Mary Mason

Hugh Williams

Hugh Williams

Sir Richard Aldingham

Guy Middleton

Guy Middleton

Smith

John Laurie

John Laurie

Henry Mason

Gerald Case

Randall

Seymour Green

Weston

Eliot Makeham

Eliot Makeham

George

Stanley Van Beers

Stanley Van Beers

Cartwright

Ellen Pollock

Ellen Pollock

Miss Fossett

Morris Sweden

Pettigrew

Dora Bryan

Dora Bryan

Barmaid

Arnold Bell

Police Inspector

Michael Ward

Michael Ward

Art Salesman

Clifford Buckton

Lodging House Keeper

Leslie Phillips

Leslie Phillips

Boy Student

Marianne Noelle

Girl Student

Billie Whitelaw

Billie Whitelaw

Waitress

John Wadham

Thug

Beatrice Kane

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