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The Duke

  • 6.9 /10

  • 351

  • 97%

Plot

In 1961, 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. What happened next became the stuff of legend.

Cast

Jim Broadbent as Kempton Bunton
Jim Broadbent

as Kempton Bunton

Helen Mirren as Dorothy Bunton
Helen Mirren

as Dorothy Bunton

Fionn Whitehead as Jackie Bunton
Fionn Whitehead

as Jackie Bunton

Anna Maxwell Martin as Mrs. Gowling
Anna Maxwell Martin

as Mrs. Gowling

Matthew Goode as Jeremy Hutchinson
Matthew Goode

as Jeremy Hutchinson

Jack Bandeira as Kenny Bunton
Jack Bandeira

as Kenny Bunton

Aimee Kelly as Irene Boslover
Aimee Kelly

as Irene Boslover

Heather Craney as Debbie
Heather Craney

as Debbie

Stephen Rashbrook as Foreman
Stephen Rashbrook

as Foreman

Movie Facts

Rated

  • R

Status

  • Released

Release Date

  • July 23, 2021

Production Companies

  • Pathé

  • Ingenious Media

  • Neon Films

  • Screen Yorkshire

Production Countries

  • France

  • United Kingdom

Spoken Language

  • English

Budget

  • $11,000,000.00

Revenue

  • -

Runtime

  • 1.60 hrs

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Reviews

Nice to finally watch 'The Duke' at the cinema, given it had been delayed from September 2020 and I didn't get around to it during its February 2022 release - managed to catch one of the last few showings this afternoon. I don't usually check out trailers but I did unintentionally see one for this before a different film and it did look good - and I, now that I've seen it, can confirm…

Jim Broadbent and Helen Mirren are two performers I tend to follow and give any production they are in a try. This is yet another movie based on actual events. I have nothing against that obviously if it is well done, but as someone who writes novels I am sometimes tempted to ask if production companies could support screenwriters who write pure fiction a bit more often. But that observation t…