The Fake
The Fake is a 1953 British crime mystery directed by Godfrey Grayson and starring Dennis O'Keefe and Coleen Gray. An American detective tries to prevent the theft of a priceless painting from the Tate Gallery in London.
Plot
A cargo ship unloads a clutch of nondescript wooden cases onto the nighttime London docks. A fracas is instigated, and in the ensuing chaos a shady figure makes off with one of its crates.
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| author | Bridget Boland |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | London |
| director | Godfrey Grayson |
| editor | Charles Hasse |
| genre | crime mystery |
| keywords | apparent suicide art collector begin cargo ship court even insurance company leonardo da vinci madonna and child open paint shadow tackle tate gallery the king tumble |
| musicBy | Mátyás Seiber |
| producer | Steven Pallos |
| productionCompany | Pax Films |
| publisher | United Artists |