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

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