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The Duke

Sony Pictures Classics | Release Date: December 10, 2021

Summary: In 1961, 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.

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Runtime:	96 min
Rating:	Rated R for language and brief sexuality
Official Site:	https://www.sonyclassics.com/film/theduke/
Production:	Screen Yorkshire
Genres:	Biography, Drama, Comedy
Country:	GB
Language:	English
Home Release Date:	Jul 26, 2022

Director	Credit
Roger Michell	Director

Writer	Credit
Clive Coleman	Writer
Richard Bean	Writer

Principal Cast	Credit
Aimée Kelly	Irene Boslover
Anna Maxwell-Martin	Ms. Gowling
Charles Edwards	Sir Joseph Simpson
Charlotte Spencer	Pammy
Fionn Whitehead	Jackie
Helen Mirren	Lilya Frances
James Wilby	Judge Aarvold
Jim Broadbent	Kempton Bunton
John Heffernan	Neddie Cussen
Matthew Goode	Jeremy Hutchinson
Sian Clifford	Dr Unsworth

Cast	Credit
Aimée Kelly	Irene Boslover
Andrew Havill	Sir Philip Hendy
Craig Conway	Mr. Walker
Dorian Lough	DI Macpherson
Jack Bandeira	Kenny Bunton
Joshua McGuire	Eric Crowther
Richard McCabe	Rab Butler

Producer	Credit
Andrea Scarso	Executive Producer
Andrew Wright	Archive Producer
Cameron McCracken	Executive Producer
Hugo Heppell	Executive Producer
Jenny Borgars	Executive Producer
Michael S. Constable	Co-Producer
Nicky Bentham	Producer
Peter Scarf	Executive Producer