A RACKET'S A RACKET ...and A MURDER IS A MURDER!
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.
- 5.5
- 1953
- Released
- 1h 20m
Dennis O'Keefe
Paul Mitchell
Coleen Gray
Mary Mason
Hugh Williams
Sir Richard Aldingham
Guy Middleton
Smith
John Laurie
Henry Mason
Gerald Case
RandallSeymour Green
Weston
Eliot Makeham
George
Stanley Van Beers
Cartwright
Ellen Pollock
Miss FossettMorris Sweden
Pettigrew
Dora Bryan
BarmaidArnold Bell
Police Inspector
Michael Ward
Art SalesmanClifford Buckton
Lodging House Keeper
Leslie Phillips
Boy StudentMarianne Noelle
Girl Student
Billie Whitelaw
WaitressJohn Wadham
ThugBeatrice Kane
Frank Atkinson
uncredited
Tom Clegg
uncredited
Guy Deghy
uncreditedHarold Sanderson
uncredited
Johnnie Schofield
uncreditedLeonard Sharp
uncreditedPhilip Ray
Bearded TrampHyma Beckley
Art Gallery Visitor (uncredited)Jimmy Cains
Howard - Tate Gallery Attendant (uncredited)Dan Darnelli
Pub Customer (uncredited)Norman Fisher
Museum Visitor (uncredited)Robert Gregory
Art Gallery Visitor (uncredited)Charles Hammond
Pub Customer (uncredited)
Dido Plumb
Museum Visitor (uncredited)Jim Tyson
Stevedore (uncredited)Released
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- #painting
- #film noir
- #art gallery
- #art theft
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Reviews
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