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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 BroadbentKempton Bunton
Helen MirrenDorothy Bunton
Fionn WhiteheadJackie
Matthew GoodeJeremy Hutchinson
Anna Maxwell MartinMs. Gowling
Jack BandeiraKenny Bunton
Aimée KellyIrene Boslover
Joshua McGuireEric Crowther
Charlotte SpencerPammy
Sian CliffordDr Unsworth
Charles EdwardsSir Joseph Simpson
Richard McCabeRab Butler
John HeffernanNeddie Cussen
James WilbyJudge Aarvold
Craig ConwayMr. Walker
Andrew HavillSir Philip Hendy
Dorian LoughDI Macpherson
Matthew SteerPassing BBC Manager
Sam SwainsburyDI Brompton
Sarah Beck MatherPress Woman
Alfredo TavaresLegal Team
Austin HaynesScruffy Little Boy
Simon HubbardPC Myton
Val McLaneFreda
Michael AdamsPC Inverdale
Michael MatherEddie
Heather CraneyDebbie – Clerk of the Court
Sammy T. DobsonBakery Assistant
Claire LamsBBC Receptionist
Ashley KumarJavid Akram

( Read more cast details on imdb )

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