A gullible rich American purchases a painting with a special likeness to his daughter, but there is something suspicious about that painting that riles up Michael Strait’s intrigue. From the person that sold it, to the artist that painted it shows a trail of deceit that looks to forge itself into the world of fake art crime.
Personal Synopsis
A scheme to procure exorbitant amounts of money for forged art seems to be working until Michael Strait catching wind of it. This episode’s rich cast with ITC regulars Colin Gordon, Donald Stewart and the early cinema star Bessie Love bring together a story of cleverly handled suspicious art deals with unsuspecting wide-eyed buyers. Touché to the sub-context of the silly rich American stereotype whose new world style still doesn’t prepare them for an old world treachery.
Original Air-Date: December 1st 1962
Directed by Charles Frend
Written by Michael Pertwee
Michael Strait – Craig Stevens
Langford – Colin Gordon
Joanne – Erica Rogers
Van Kempson – Donald Stewart
Galsworth – Michael Goodliffe
Sir Hugo Kempson – Oliver Johnston
Lady Kempson – Joyce Barbour
Casey – Neil McCarthy
Hotel Clerk – John Glyn-Jones
Lois Wilson – Carole Lorimer
Wilson – James Dyrenforth
Proprietor – Tom Gill
Artist’s Model – June Cunningham
Mrs. Van Kempson – Bessie Love
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