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25 September 1953 (USA) morePlot:
An American has to guard da Vinci's "Madonna and Child" when it is being shown in Britain. When it arrives he suspects it is not the real painting. more | add synopsisPlot Keywords:
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Nice little Anglo-American mystery moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Dennis O'Keefe | ... | Paul Mitchell | |
| Coleen Gray | ... | Mary Mason | |
| Hugh Williams | ... | Sir Richard Aldingham | |
| Guy Middleton | ... | Smith | |
| John Laurie | ... | Henry Mason | |
| Eliot Makeham | ... | Pavement Artist | |
| Gerald Case | ... | Peter Randall | |
| Seymour Green | ... | Weston | |
| Stanley Van Beers | ... | Cartwright (as Stanley van Beers) | |
| Dora Bryan | ... | Barmaid | |
| Ellen Pollock | ... | Miss Fossett | |
| Philip Ray | ... | Bearded Tramp | |
| Morris Sweden | ... | Pettigrew | |
| Michael Ward | ... | Art Salesman | |
| Arnold Bell | ... | Police Inspector |
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"The Fake" is a British film made in 1953 and features two American leads, film noir stalwarts Dennis O'Keefe (T-Men, Raw Deal) and Coleen Gray (The Killing).
O'Keefe plays an American detective who is in charge of guarding a masterpiece painting by Leonardo da Vinci during an exhibition at London's famous Tate Gallery. Gray plays the American daughter of a somewhat destitute British painter who never received the artistic recognition he deserved and who arouses O'Keefe's suspicion.
O'Keefe is investigating the theft of two other da Vinci masterpieces that had occurred earlier in Florence and New York. In both cases, the paintings were stolen and replaced with near-perfect forgeries as cover-ups. O'Keefe suspects something similar is bound to happen at the Tate Gallery, which would give him a chance to catch the thief and cash in on a $ 50,000 reward. Problem is, while he suspects Gray's father to be involved in the art forgery scheme, he also falls in love with her.
While certainly no film noir, the movie does use some typical and nice to look at noirish lighting techniques. The film's pace and storytelling is more American than British and O'Keefe and Gray do a credible job, although neither gets much of a chance in terms of character development, not to mention the other actors.
The Tate Gallery footage seems to have been shot on location, which lends the picture an air of authenticity. A splendid touch is the use of variations on Mussorgsky's famous composition "Pictures At An Exhibition" for the musical score.
While "The Fake" is certainly no masterpiece, it does keep the viewer interested while it lasts. Being both an O'Keefe and a Gray fan, I give the movie 7 out of 10 points.