The Fake [85519] Released: 1953-09-25 Revenue: $0 Budget: $0 Profit: $0 Runtime: 80 mins Popularity: 0.3287 Vote Average: 5.5 Vote Count: 10 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. Cast [35] Dennis O'KeefePaul Mitchell Coleen GrayMary Mason Hugh WilliamsSir Richard Aldingha Guy MiddletonSmith John LaurieHenry Mason Gerald CaseRandall Seymour GreenWeston Eliot MakehamGeorge Stanley Van BeersCartwright Ellen PollockMiss Fossett Morris SwedenPettigrew Dora BryanBarmaid Arnold BellPolice Inspector Michael WardArt Salesman Clifford BucktonLodging House Keeper Leslie PhillipsBoy Student Marianne NoelleGirl Student Billie WhitelawWaitress John WadhamThug Beatrice Kane Frank Atkinsonuncredited Tom Clegguncredited Guy Deghyuncredited Harold Sandersonuncredited Johnnie Schofielduncredited Leonard Sharpuncredited Philip RayBearded Tramp Hyma BeckleyArt Gallery Visitor Jimmy CainsHoward - Tate Galler Dan DarnelliPub Customer Norman FisherMuseum Visitor Robert GregoryArt Gallery Visitor Charles HammondPub Customer Dido PlumbMuseum Visitor Jim TysonStevedore Trailers