The Duke Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

Plot

What's the story about?

Plot

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.

Biography Comedy Drama True Story

Top Cast

The lead cast starring in The Duke.

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  Matthew Goode

  The King's Man, The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society

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  Helen Mirren

  White Bird, Shazam! Fury of the Gods

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  Anna Maxwell Martin

  Say Your Prayers

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  Jim Broadbent

  Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy, Cloud Atlas

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  Fionn Whitehead

  Voyagers, Dunkirk

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  Charlotte Spencer

  Cinderella

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  Sian Clifford

  The Ballad of Wallis Island, The Magician's Elephant

Crew Behind the Film

The The Duke behind-the-scenes crew and production team.

The film's director Roger Michell last directed Blackbird and My Cousin Rachel. The film's writer Nicholas Martin last wrote Golda and Florence Foster Jenkins.

Director

Roger Michell

Screenwriters

Nicholas Martin
Richard Bean
Clive Coleman

Producer

Nicky Bentham

Production Details

What we know about the The Duke movie production.

Key Facts

• Based on the true story.

Production Updates for The Duke

Jul 2021

Completed

Changed The Duke movie production status. The movie is ready for release.

Jun 2021

Post-Production

Changed the movie production status to Post-Production. The movie is now in the editing and finishing stages.

Apr 2016

Development

Changed the movie production status to Development. The movie is likely in scripting, budgeting, or stuck in "development hell."

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