The presenters tells a story about personal column adverts. Dorothy Winters saw one about a painting called Boy With a Flute. An American art collector is after it and is willing to pay good money.
Dorothy goes to see Conrad Bestow with her painting Boy With a Flute that she has had for years. Just as Conrad is about to write out his cheque, a young woman Caroline arrives claiming that she too has the genuine Boy With a Flute.
Who is telling the truth. Maybe Conrad should put the paintings in the safe. Take the ladies out for lunch while an art expert arrives to authenticate the paintings.
To Dorothy's surprise, her art expert believes she has the forgery. While she was at lunch, Conrad's assistant did a switcheroo.
Conrad and Caroline are in cahoots and are pulling a scam. It is Dorothy's wheelchair bound sister Anne Winters who notices. She has stared at the painting for years. The one Dorothy has brought home is not the same.
They go to the police but what help can they be? Superintendent Fitch is a man with a plan.
This low budget British short is effective. No flab and you sense the con is on but here, it takes place twice.
