In 1961, Kempton Bunton, a 60-year-old taxi driver, steals Goya’s portrait of the Duke of Wellington from the National Gallery in London.
Jim Broadbent And Helen Mirren Star In “The Duke” Available On Blu-ray™, DVD & Digital July 26
“The Duke” is set in 1961 when Kempton Bunton (Jim Broadbent), 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 the …
Movie Review: Broadbent & Mirren Exhibit A Welcome Presence In Well-Crafted “The Duke”
In 1961, Kempton Bunton, a 60-year-old taxi driver, steals Goya’s portrait of the Duke of Wellington from the National Gallery in London.