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25/09/1953 Crime, Drama 1h 20m
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A RACKET'S A RACKET ...and A MURDER IS A MURDER!

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.

  1. Godfrey Grayson

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Dennis O'Keefe

    Paul Mitchell

  2. Coleen Gray

    Mary Mason

  3. Hugh Williams

    Sir Richard Aldingham

  4. Guy Middleton

    Smith

  5. John Laurie

    Henry Mason

  6. Gerald Case

    Randall

  7. Seymour Green

    Weston

  8. Eliot Makeham

    George

  9. Stanley Van Beers

    Cartwright

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2024-03-07
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 th...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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