The Fake

5.5
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Run time: 80 min
  • Premiere: 1953. September 25.

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.

Discover

Dennis O'Keefe

Paul Mitchell

Coleen Gray

Mary Mason

Hugh Williams

Sir Richard Aldingham

John Laurie

Henry Mason

Gerald Case

Randall

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

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)

Art

Denis Wreford

Art Direction

Camera

Cedric Williams

Director of Photography

Harold Hayson

Camera Operator

Costume & Make-Up

U. P. Hutchinson

Makeup Artist

Directing

Leon Bijou

Assistant Director

Angela Allen

Continuity

Editing

Production

Theo Lageard

Production Manager

Robert Faloon

Production Accountant

Ambrose Grayson

Associate Producer

Steven Pallos

Producer

John Jones

Casting

Sound

Ilona Kabos

Original Music Composer

Writing

Patrick Kirwan

Screenplay

Art

Denis Wreford

Art Direction

Camera

Cedric Williams

Director of Photography

Harold Hayson

Camera Operator

Costume & Make-Up

U. P. Hutchinson

Makeup Artist

Directing

Leon Bijou

Assistant Director

Angela Allen

Continuity

Editing

Production

Theo Lageard

Production Manager

Robert Faloon

Production Accountant

Ambrose Grayson

Associate Producer

Steven Pallos

Producer

John Jones

Casting

Sound

Ilona Kabos

Original Music Composer

Writing

Patrick Kirwan

Screenplay