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.| Status: | Released (1953-09-25) |
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| Screen: | James Daplyn, Patrick Kirwan, Bridget Boland |
| Productions: | Pax Films |
| Production Countries: | United Kingdom |
| Spoken Languages: | English |
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- 88462: Dennis O'Keefe - Paul Mitchell
- 3336: Coleen Gray - Mary Mason
- 30227: Hugh Williams - Sir Richard Aldingham
- 202272: Guy Middleton - Smith
- 3673: John Laurie - Henry Mason
- 224018: Gerald Case - Randall
- 1229039: Seymour Green - Weston
Crews
- 146947: Godfrey Grayson - Director - Directing
- 928831: Patrick Kirwan - Screenplay - Writing
- 1198617: James Daplyn - Story - Writing
- 121679: Charles Hasse - Editor - Editing
- 2062897: Ilona Kabos - Original Music Composer - Sound
- 1296295: Cedric Williams - Director of Photography - Camera
- 1634511: Leo Wilkins - Sound - Sound
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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 Leonard ....
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