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THE DUKE is set in 1961 when Kempton Bunton, 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. Kempton sent ransom notes saying that he would return the painting on condition that the government agreed to provide television for free to the elderly. What happened next became the stuff of legend. Only 50 years later did the full story emerge – a startling revelation of how a good man set out to change the world and in so doing saved his son and his marriage.
Original Release
07/23/2021
US Release
12/10/2021
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Jim Broadbent | Kempton Bunton |
Heather Craney | Debbie - Clerk of the Court |
Stephen Rashbrook | Foreman |
James Wilby | Judge Aarvold |
Matthew Goode | Jeremy Hutchinson QC / Jeremy Hutchinson |
John Heffernan | Neddie Cussen |
Alice Stokoe | Woman with Babe |
Sarah Annett | Post Office Clerk |
Charlie Richmond | PO Official 1 |
Matt Sutton | PO Official 2 |
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Jim Broadbent | Kempton Bunton |
Heather Craney | Debbie - Clerk of the Court |
Stephen Rashbrook | Foreman |
James Wilby | Judge Aarvold |
Matthew Goode | Jeremy Hutchinson QC / Jeremy Hutchinson |
John Heffernan | Neddie Cussen |
Alice Stokoe | Woman with Babe |
Sarah Annett | Post Office Clerk |
Charlie Richmond | PO Official 1 |
Matt Sutton | PO Official 2 |
Helen Mirren | Dorothy Bunton |
Anna Maxwell Martin | Ms. Gowling / Mrs Gowling |
Fionn Whitehead | Jackie Bunton |
Michael Hodgson | Barry Spence |
Richard McCabe | Rab Butler |
Andrew Havill | Sir Philip Hendy |
Sarah Beck Mather | Press Woman |
Cliff Burnett | Wilf |
Jack Bandeira | Kenny Bunton |
Val McLane | Freda |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Jenny Borgars | Executive Producer |
Christopher Bunton | Executive Producer |
Hugo Heppell | Executive Producer |
Cameron McCracken | Executive Producer |
Peter Scarf | Executive Producer |
Andrea Scarso | Executive Producer |
Nicky Bentham | Producer |
Michael S. Constable | Producer |
Albert Sharpe | Producer |
Keta Wilson | Producer |