THE DUKE

THE DUKE

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Date & Time

Thursday, May 19 Various showtimes

Venue Tower Theater Miami
1508 SW 8th Street
Miami, FL 33135 GET DIRECTIONS

Phone Number 305-237-2463

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 only theft in the Gallery’s history. Kempton sent ransom notes saying that he would return the painting on the condition that the government invested more in care for the elderly. Only 50 years later did the full story emerge - Kempton had spun a web of lies. The only truth was that he was a good man, determined to change the world and save his marriage - how and why he used the Duke to achieve that is a wonderfully uplifting tale.