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The Duke

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.

Director

Roger Michell

Year

Genre

Biography, Comedy, Crime

Box Office

$1,526,970

Production

N/A

Awards

6 nominations total

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Kempton Bunton Debbie - Clerk Of The Court Kempton Bunton Debbie - Clerk Of The Court

I went up to the security fella.
And asked him how you get a job. - The Duke

I went up to the security fella. And asked him how you get a...

Then, I figured... - The Duke

Then, I figured...

But for pictures the insurance
will pay out 10 percent for safe return. - The Duke

But for pictures the insurance will pay out 10 percent for s...

I'm furious, you stupid penis - The Duke

I'm furious, you stupid penis

I do solemnly, sincerely
and truly declare - The Duke

I do solemnly, sincerely and truly declare

If a Newcastle was a dog, - The Duke

If a Newcastle was a dog,

It was illegal. But you could bribe
the beat bobby with 12 shillings. - The Duke

It was illegal. But you could bribe the beat bobby with 12 s...

Ladies and gentlemen of the jury...
The past, as they say - The Duke

Ladies and gentlemen of the jury... The past, as they say

It was a rough game, but she had
a left hook like Henry Cooper's. - The Duke

It was a rough game, but she had a left hook like Henry Coop...

In WWII you were refused service
on medical grounds? - The Duke

In WWII you were refused service on medical grounds?

Did you intend to steal this painting
in a sense of... - The Duke

Did you intend to steal this painting in a sense of...

Permanently depriving the gallery of it? - The Duke

Permanently depriving the gallery of it?

In 1960, - The Duke

Aye, I told them I had no intention
of paying it because I couldn't receive BBC. - The Duke

Aye, I told them I had no intention of paying it because I c...

On your release, - The Duke

On your release,

I could afford a license myself, - The Duke

I could afford a license myself,

I've just finished reading Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness - The Duke

I've just finished reading Joseph Conrad's Heart...

But I got distracted and found myself
on a South Shields beach. - The Duke

But I got distracted and found myself on a South Shields bea...

I was on my own, exhausted, - The Duke

I was on my own, exhausted,

But I had faith, - The Duke

But I had faith,

I knew some nosy buggerer
would see a pair of clothes on the beach - The Duke

I knew some nosy buggerer would see a pair of clothes on the...

Conserved my energy - The Duke

Conserved my energy

An hour later - The Duke

You know, as a milkman I mean.
But there's good and bad in all of us. - The Duke

You know, as a milkman I mean. But there's good and bad...

It's you that makes me me
and it's me that makes you you. - The Duke

It's you that makes me me and it's me that makes y...

Look, on my own I'm a single brick. - The Duke

Look, on my own I'm a single brick.

But you put a lot of bricks together,
you get a building, - The Duke

But you put a lot of bricks together, you get a building,

How did you apply this thinking
to your own struggle? - The Duke

How did you apply this thinking to your own struggle?

You can't help the dead
but you can be inspired by them. - The Duke

You can't help the dead but you can be inspired by them...

Some of them kids that this country sent out
to France and Belgium in 1914 came back. - The Duke

Some of them kids that this country sent out to France and B...

They are over 65 now. Pension
has been not two pennies to rub together. - The Duke

They are over 65 now. Pension has been not two pennies to ru...

And isolation - The Duke

So what you grandly call my philosophy,
that "I'm you, you're me" thing - The Duke

So what you grandly call my philosophy, that "I'm ...

This nation, this country - The Duke

This nation, this country

MARIAN BUNTON
1930-1946 - The Duke

MARIAN BUNTON 1930-1946

I've seen that the government was paying out
a 140 000 pounds for this painting. - The Duke

I've seen that the government was paying out a 140 000 ...

If you put all that money
into a bank account - The Duke

If you put all that money into a bank account

You saw the painting on the ITV news - The Duke

You saw the painting on the ITV news

Where did you stay
whilst you planned the heist? - The Duke

Where did you stay whilst you planned the heist?

So I'd get to Camden and ask a local,
"do you know where I can buy a bucket?" - The Duke

So I'd get to Camden and ask a local, "do you know...

We need the address because you said
that you removed the frame - The Duke

We need the address because you said that you removed the fr...

I'll make my closing speech and then
the judge will give his summing up. - The Duke

I'll make my closing speech and then the judge will giv...

Which I warn you may sound a bit like
the second speech for the prosecution. - The Duke

Which I warn you may sound a bit like the second speech for ...

All the benches up there
have this Latin phrase on them, - The Duke

All the benches up there have this Latin phrase on them,

As the night follows day - The Duke

As the night follows day

Because nothing - The Duke

Because nothing

If you neighbor - The Duke

If you neighbor

Because he had no intention
of permanently depriving you of it. - The Duke

Because he had no intention of permanently depriving you of ...

Try and do a bit of good in this world. - The Duke

Try and do a bit of good in this world.

It a world where - The Duke

It a world where

To try and benefit - The Duke

To try and benefit

He returned it. Delivered it in person. - The Duke

He returned it. Delivered it in person.

Who amongst us hasn't been late
returning a lawn mower. - The Duke

Who amongst us hasn't been late returning a lawn mower.

And in response to Mr. Bunton's confession,
that he took the Goya, - The Duke

And in response to Mr. Bunton's confession, that he too...

Can this country really allow - The Duke

Can this country really allow

Now that is the question
I urge you to focus on now - The Duke

Now that is the question I urge you to focus on now

Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, - The Duke

Ladies and gentlemen of the jury,

On the charge
of the theft of a picture frame - The Duke

On the charge of the theft of a picture frame

- Establishment fix up!
- There will be silence. - The Duke

- Establishment fix up! - There will be silence.

On the charge of a theft of the Goya
portrait of the Duke of Wellington - The Duke

On the charge of a theft of the Goya portrait of the Duke of...

On the charge of demanding money
with menaces for the return of the portrait - The Duke

On the charge of demanding money with menaces for the return...

On the charge
of creating a public nuisance - The Duke

On the charge of creating a public nuisance

Kempton Bunton served three months... - The Duke

Kempton Bunton served three months...

H M PRISON DURHAM - The Duke

H M PRISON DURHAM

I hadn't been wasting my time,
I've put up a couple of plays. - The Duke

I hadn't been wasting my time, I've put up a coupl...

Four years later,
keen to clear his conscience, - The Duke

Four years later, keen to clear his conscience,

The director of public prosecutions
and I have considered the evidence - The Duke

The director of public prosecutions and I have considered th...

It goes without saying,
it is an offense of the utmost gravity. - The Duke

It goes without saying, it is an offense of the utmost gravi...

In order to prosecute
we would be compelled to call - The Duke

In order to prosecute we would be compelled to call

Given the public spectacle
your father seems to create. - The Duke

Given the public spectacle your father seems to create.

So it has been decided - The Duke

So it has been decided

What? Do you mean Kempton
would make you look stupid again? - The Duke

What? Do you mean Kempton would make you look stupid again?

Of course, if a single word of this
were ever to go beyond these walls - The Duke

Of course, if a single word of this were ever to go beyond t...

Just like you on this island, Dr. No. - The Duke

Just like you on this island, Dr. No.

Free TV licenses
were eventually introduced in 2000 - The Duke

Free TV licenses were eventually introduced in 2000

No play by Kempton Bunton
has ever been produced. - The Duke

No play by Kempton Bunton has ever been produced.

Transcript by sub.Trader & Clarity - The Duke

Transcript by sub.Trader & Clarity

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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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Director: Roger Michell

Writer: Richard Bean, Clive Coleman

Production: N/A

Genre: Biography, Comedy, Crime

Year: 2021

MetaScore: 74/100

ImdbRating: 6.9

BoxOffice: $1,526,970

Released: 25 Feb 2022

Awards: 6 nominations total

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