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The Duke  2020
Director:  Roger Michell
Producer:
  Nicky Bentham
Editor:
  Kristina Hetherington
Music:
  George Fenton
Screenplay:
  Richard Bean and Clive Coleman
Director of Photography:
  Mike Eley
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Cast:
people1 Jim Broadbent
people1 Helen Mirren
spacer1 Aimée Kelly
spacer1 Fionn Whitehead
spacer1 Craig Conway
spacer1 Jack Bandeira
spacer1 Michael Mather
spacer1 Simon Hubbard
spacer1 Michael Adams
spacer1 Sarah Annett
spacer1 Charlie Richmond
spacer1 Ashley Kumar
people1 Jim Broadbent people1 Helen Mirren spacer1 Aimée Kelly
spacer1 Fionn Whitehead spacer1 Craig Conway spacer1 Jack Bandeira
spacer1 Michael Mather spacer1 Simon Hubbard spacer1 Michael Adams
spacer1 Sarah Annett spacer1 Charlie Richmond spacer1 Ashley Kumar
people1 Jim Broadbent people1 Helen Mirren
spacer1 Aimée Kelly spacer1 Fionn Whitehead
spacer1 Craig Conway spacer1 Jack Bandeira
spacer1 Michael Mather spacer1 Simon Hubbard
spacer1 Michael Adams spacer1 Sarah Annett
spacer1 Charlie Richmond spacer1 Ashley Kumar

Synopsis:
In 1961, Kempton Bunton, a 60-year old taxi driver, stole Francisco 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 invested more in care for the elderly – he had long campaigned for pensioners to receive free television.

What happened next became the stuff of legend. Only fifty years later did the full story emerge – Kempton had spun a web of lies. The only truth was that he was a good man, determined to change the world and save his marriage – how and why he used the Duke to achieve that is a wonderfully uplifting tale.

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