The Duke
Comedy
Drama
History
A priceless true story.
In 1961, a 60-year-old taxi driver stole Goya’s portrait of the Duke of Wellington from the National Gallery in London. It was the first (and remains the only) theft in the Gallery’s history. What happened next became the stuff of legend.
2021-07-23
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Cast
Director
Roger Michell
Jim Broadbent as Kempton Bunton
Helen Mirren as Dorothy Bunton
Fionn Whitehead as Jackie Bunton
Anna Maxwell Martin as Mrs. Gowling
Matthew Goode as Jeremy Hutchinson
Jack Bandeira as Kenny Bunton
Aimee Kelly as Irene Boslover
Charlotte Spencer as Pammy
Heather Craney as Debbie
Stephen Rashbrook as Foreman
James Wilby as Judge Aarvold
John Heffernan as Neddie Cussen
Charlie Richmond as PO Official #1
Michael Hodgson as Barry Spence
Richard McCabe as Rab Butler
Andrew Havill as Sir Philip Hendy
Sarah Beck Mather as Press Woman
Cliff Burnett as Wilf
Val McLane as Freda
Claire Lams as BBC Receptionist
Matthew Steer as Passing BBC Manager
Michael Gould as Express Editor
Charles Edwards as Sir Joseph Simpson
Sian Clifford as Dr. Unsworth
Sam Swainsbury as DI Brompton
Dorian Lough as DI Macpherson
Ashley Kumar as Javid Akram
Craig Conway as Mr. Walker
Austin Haynes as Scruffy Little Boy
Michael Mather as Eddie
Sammy T. Dobson as Bakery Assistant
Simon Hubbard as PC Myton
Neal Barry as Gallery Security Guard
Joshua McGuire as Eric Crowther
Philip Gascoyne as Press Photographer (uncredited)