Bibliograph

The Duke, Sony Pictures Classics ; Pathé ; Ingenious Media ; Screen Yorkshire ; produced by Nicky Bentham ; screenplay by Richard Bean and Clive Coleman ; directed by Roger Michell

Type

Label

The Duke, Sony Pictures Classics ; Pathé ; Ingenious Media ; Screen Yorkshire ; produced by Nicky Bentham ; screenplay by Richard Bean and Clive Coleman ; directed by Roger Michell

Language

eng

Characteristic

videorecording

Intended audience

MPA rating: R; for language and brief sexuality

Main title

The Duke

Oclc number

1330263484

Responsibility statement

Sony Pictures Classics ; Pathé ; Ingenious Media ; Screen Yorkshire ; produced by Nicky Bentham ; screenplay by Richard Bean and Clive Coleman ; directed by Roger Michell

Runtime

Summary

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. 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 condition that the government agreed to provide television for free to the elderly. What happened next became the stuff of legend

Technique

live action

Contributor