The Duke

A priceless true story.

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.

Comedy Drama History

Jim Broadbent

(Kempton Bunton)

Helen Mirren

(Dorothy Bunton)

Fionn Whitehead

(Jackie Bunton)

Anna Maxwell Martin

(Mrs. Gowling)

Matthew Goode

(Jeremy Hutchinson)

Jack Bandeira

(Kenny Bunton)

Aimee Kelly

(Irene Boslover)

Charlotte Spencer

(Pammy)

Heather Craney

(Debbie)

Stephen Rashbrook

(Foreman)

James Wilby

(Judge Aarvold)

John Heffernan

(Neddie Cussen)

Alice Stokoe

(Woman with Babe)

Sarah Annett

(Post Office Clerk)

Charlie Richmond

(PO Official #1)

Matt Sutton

(PO Official #2)

Michael Hodgson

(Barry Spence)

Richard McCabe

(Rab Butler)

Andrew Havill

(Sir Philip Hendy)

Sarah Beck Mather

(Press Woman)

Cliff Burnett

(Wilf)

Val McLane

(Freda)

Will Graham

(Office Worker)

Claire Lams

(BBC Receptionist)

Matthew Steer

(Passing BBC Manager)

Sarah Elizabeth Cotton

(Express Receptionist)

Michael Gould

(Express Editor)

Charles Edwards

(Sir Joseph Simpson)

Sparrow Michell

(Agnes Gowling)

Sian Clifford

(Dr. Unsworth)

Sam Swainsbury

(DI Brompton)

Dorian Lough

(DI Macpherson)

Joseph Bowler

(Factory Worker)

Ashley Kumar

(Javid Akram)

Craig Conway

(Mr. Walker)

Austin Haynes

(Scruffy Little Boy)

Michael Mather

(Eddie)

Sammy T. Dobson

(Bakery Assistant)

Michael Adams

(PC Inverdale)

Simon Hubbard

(PC Myton)

Andy Parker

(Goya)

Darren Charman

(Duke of Wellington)

Sharon Facinelli

(Bar Lady)

Neal Barry

(Gallery Security Guard)

Joshua McGuire

(Eric Crowther)

Steve Giles

(Mr. Edbury)

Philip Gascoyne

(Press Photographer (uncredited))