Directed by:
Roger MichellCinematography:
Mike EleyComposer:
George FentonCast:
Jim Broadbent, Helen Mirren, Fionn Whitehead, Anna Maxwell Martin, Matthew Goode, Jack Bandeira, Aimée Kelly, Charlotte Spencer, Sian Clifford (more)Plots(1)
The Duke is set in 1961 when Kempton Bunton (Jim Broadbent), 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 (Fionn Whitehead) and his marriage to Dorothy Bunton (Helen Mirren). (Sony Pictures Home Entertainment)
(more)Cast
![Jim Broadbent](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/428/164428575_19c073.png)
Jim Broadbent
UK
Best movies:
Moulin Rouge! (2001)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011)
War and Peace (2016) (series)
![Helen Mirren](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/328/162328448_604ac0.png)
Helen Mirren
UK
Best movies:
The Audience (2013) (theatrical recording)
Shakespeare Live! From the RSC (2016) (theatrical recording)
Prime Suspect (1991) (TV movie)
![Fionn Whitehead](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/941/161941991_618ef7.jpg)
Fionn Whitehead
UK
Best movies:
Dunkirk (2017)
Black Mirror: Bandersnatch (2018)
The Duke (2020)
![Anna Maxwell Martin](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/280/280099_28ce4c.jpg)
Anna Maxwell Martin
UK
Best movies:
King Lear (2014) (theatrical recording)
Poppy Shakespeare (2008) (TV movie)
Philomena (2013)
![Matthew Goode](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/280/164280137_e8a36e.jpg)
Matthew Goode
UK
Best movies:
The Imitation Game (2014)
Match Point (2005)
Roots (2016) (series)
Jack Bandeira
Best movies:
The King (2019)
My Policeman (2022)
The Duke (2020)
![Aimée Kelly](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/304/159304956_afb8ad.jpg)
Aimée Kelly
UK
Best movies:
The Duke (2020)
The Inbetweeners (2011)
Sket (2011)
![Charlotte Spencer](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/025/161025487_265a66.jpg)
Charlotte Spencer
UK
Best movies:
Les Misérables (2012)
Wild Bill (2011)
The Duke (2020)
![Sian Clifford](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/289/165289867_6b1393.jpg)
Sian Clifford
UK
Best movies:
Young Woman and the Sea (2024)
Midsomer Murders (1997) (series)
The Duke (2020)
![Charles Edwards](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/429/166429178_f7c63a.jpg)
Charles Edwards
UK
Best movies:
Sherlock (2010) (series)
Batman Begins (2005)
Ripper Street (2012) (series)
![Richard McCabe](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/258/166258600_93a8cf.jpg)
Richard McCabe
UK
Best movies:
The Audience (2013) (theatrical recording)
Wallander (2008) (series)
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003)
![John Heffernan](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/218/162218530_fa5084.jpg)
John Heffernan
UK
Best movies:
King Lear (2008) (TV movie)
Ripper Street (2012) (series)
Foyle's War (2002) (series)
![James Wilby](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/893/162893091_30a2a3.jpg)
James Wilby
Best movies:
Endeavour (2012) (series)
Ripper Street (2012) (series)
Agatha Christie: Poirot (1989) (series)
Craig Conway
UK
Best movies:
Hogfather (2006) (TV movie)
Vera Drake (2004)
Wire in the Blood (2002) (series)
Heather Craney
UK
Best movies:
Vera Drake (2004)
All or Nothing (2002)
Topsy-Turvy (1999)
Charlie Richmond
Best movies:
Inspector George Gently (2007) (series)
Sorry We Missed You (2019)
Vera (2011) (series)
Craig Thomas Lambert
Best movies:
Official Secrets (2019)
Journeyman (2017)
The Duke (2020)
Matthew Steer
UK
Best movies:
Hamlet (2015) (theatrical recording)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010)
Summerhill (2008) (TV movie)
Michelle Thomas
Best movies:
Saltburn (2023)
The Duke (2020)
Creation Stories (2021)
![Joshua McGuire](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/805/160805932_8e5c26.jpg)
Joshua McGuire
Best movies:
About Time (2013)
Cinderella (2015)
The Duke (2020)