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Released
2021 · FILM

The Duke

A weary London cabby decides to pull off the impossible—stealing Goya’s priceless Duke of Wellington portrait—to fund a noble cause, sparking a high‑stakes cat-and-mouse chase with the law and his own conscience.

“A priceless true story.”

Directed by
Roger Michell
Written by
Richard Bean, Clive Coleman
Runtime
96 min
BiographyComedyCrime
Streaming on
  • Hulu

Synopsis

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.

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Principal cast & crew: 20

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This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Kristina HetheringtonShot by Mike EleyScored by George FentonDesigned by Kristian Milsted

Box Office

2021 · Box office

Produced on a $11.0M budget

Production budget

$11.0M

Also known as

  • El duquees
  • Il ritratto del ducait

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