The Duke (2020)
Coming to theaters at September 17, 2021
Biography, Comedy, Drama
The Duke is drama comedy film directed by Roger Michell and written by Richard Bean, Clive Coleman. The film stars Jim Broadbent, Helen Mirren, Fionn Whitehead, Matthew Goode, Anna Maxwell Martin, Jack Bandeira and Aimée Kelly. The film primiered at September 4, 2020 on Venice Film Festival.
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. He sent ransom notes saying that he would return the painting on condition that the government invested more in care for the elderly.
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 50 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.
Director: Roger Michell
Writers: Richard Bean, Clive Coleman
Stars: Jim Broadbent, Helen Mirren, Fionn Whitehead, Matthew Goode, Anna Maxwell Martin, Jack Bandeira, Aimée Kelly
►Cast
Jim Broadbent | ► | Kempton Bunton |
Helen Mirren | ► | Dorothy Bunton |
Fionn Whitehead | ► | Jackie |
Matthew Goode | ► | Jeremy Hutchinson |
Anna Maxwell Martin | ► | Ms. Gowling |
Jack Bandeira | ► | Kenny Bunton |
Aimée Kelly | ► | Irene Boslover |
Joshua McGuire | ► | Eric Crowther |
Charlotte Spencer | ► | Pammy |
Sian Clifford | ► | Dr Unsworth |
Charles Edwards | ► | Sir Joseph Simpson |
Richard McCabe | ► | Rab Butler |
John Heffernan | ► | Neddie Cussen |
James Wilby | ► | Judge Aarvold |
Craig Conway | ► | Mr. Walker |
Andrew Havill | ► | Sir Philip Hendy |
Dorian Lough | ► | DI Macpherson |
Matthew Steer | ► | Passing BBC Manager |
Sam Swainsbury | ► | DI Brompton |
Sarah Beck Mather | ► | Press Woman |
Alfredo Tavares | ► | Legal Team |
Austin Haynes | ► | Scruffy Little Boy |
Simon Hubbard | ► | PC Myton |
Val McLane | ► | Freda |
Michael Adams | ► | PC Inverdale |
Michael Mather | ► | Eddie |
Heather Craney | ► | Debbie – Clerk of the Court |
Sammy T. Dobson | ► | Bakery Assistant |
Claire Lams | ► | BBC Receptionist |
Ashley Kumar | ► | Javid Akram |