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.
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
Arnold Bell
Bearded Tramp
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
Director
Godfrey Grayson
Screenplay
Patrick Kirwan
Story
James Daplyn
March 7, 2024
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This is actually quite a fun little story with just about all of the jeopardy dealt with by the title! A ship docks at Tilbury and a crate is off-loaded, rather unceremoniously. A scuffle breaks out between the dockers and next thing, the world renowned "Madonna and Child" by Leonardo Da Vinci has gone walkabouts. It's very quickly recovered, but - is it the real thing? Well fortunately, we have a visiting American expert "Mitchell" (Dennis O'Keefe) on hand and soon he is on the hunt for a mysterious and well connected fraudster. Coleen Gray provides the sidekick element amiably enough, and there's a surprisingly decent supporting cast with John Laurie and Hugh Williams featuring, but the production is cheap as chips and photography as wobbly as most of the sets. There are some interesting interiors of London's Tate Gallery illustrating a rather grander collection than the rolled up prop Leonardos that make up the bulk of the story. Dora Bryan is, as ever, behind the bar calling time and you might spot Leslie Phillips and Billie Whitelaw who both went on to better things, too. It's too long, a bit on the verbal side and O'Keefe is just a little wooden, but it's still quite a watchable affair.
Status:
Released
Original Language:
English
Budget:
$0.00
Revenue:
$0.00