Comedy Drama History
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.
Directed by
Roger Michell
Helen Mirren
Dorothy Bunton
Matthew Goode
Jeremy Hutchinson
Charlotte Spencer
Pammy
Jim Broadbent
Kempton Bunton
Anna Maxwell Martin
Mrs. Gowling
Sian Clifford
Dr. Unsworth
James Wilby
Judge Aarvold
Andrew Havill
Sir Philip Hendy
Fionn Whitehead
Jackie Bunton
Craig Conway
Mr. Walker
Charles Edwards
Sir Joseph Simpson
Richard McCabe
Rab Butler
Aimee Kelly
Irene Boslover
Sarah Beck Mather
Press Woman
Jack Bandeira
Kenny Bunton
John Heffernan
Neddie Cussen
Joshua McGuire
Eric Crowther
Austin Haynes
Scruffy Little Boy
Dorian Lough
DI Macpherson
Neal Barry
Gallery Security Guard
Matthew Steer
Passing BBC Manager
Michael Hodgson
Barry Spence
Heather Craney
Debbie
Sam Swainsbury
DI Brompton
Claire Lams
BBC Receptionist
Philip Gascoyne
Press Photographer (uncredited)
Val McLane
Freda
Sammy T. Dobson
Bakery Assistant
Michael Gould
Express Editor
Cliff Burnett
Wilf
Stephen Rashbrook
Foreman
Michael Mather
Eddie
Charlie Richmond
PO Official #1
Alice Stokoe
Woman with Babe
Sarah Annett
Post Office Clerk
Matt Sutton
PO Official #2
Will Graham
Office Worker
Sarah Elizabeth Cotton
Express Receptionist
Sparrow Michell
Agnes Gowling
Joseph Bowler
Factory Worker
Ashley Kumar
Javid Akram
Michael Adams
PC Inverdale
Simon Hubbard
PC Myton
Andy Parker
Goya
Darren Charman
Duke of Wellington
Sharon Facinelli
Bar Lady
Steve Giles
Mr. Edbury
Christopher Burton
Peter Scarf

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