5.5

The Fake
Released
A RACKET'S A RACKET ...and A MURDER IS A MURDER!
1h 20m
9/25/1953
en - US
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.
Crime
Drama
Actors

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

Marianne Noelle
Girl Student

Billie Whitelaw
Waitress

John Wadham
Thug

Beatrice Kane

Frank Atkinson
uncredited

Tom Clegg
uncredited

Guy Deghy
uncredited

Harold Sanderson
uncredited

Johnnie Schofield
uncredited

Leonard Sharp
uncredited

Philip Ray
Bearded Tramp

Hyma Beckley
Art Gallery Visitor (uncredited)

Jimmy Cains
Howard - Tate Gallery Attendant (uncredited)

Dan Darnelli
Pub Customer (uncredited)

Norman Fisher
Museum Visitor (uncredited)

Robert Gregory
Art Gallery Visitor (uncredited)

Charles Hammond
Pub Customer (uncredited)

Dido Plumb
Museum Visitor (uncredited)

Jim Tyson
Stevedore (uncredited)