A Private Function
Original title: A Private Function
Original language: enIMDB: tt0089838
TMDB: 57565
Release date: Friday, 9th November 1984
Adult: No
Genres:
Comedy
Duration: 1h 36min
Popularity: 3.411
Rate: 6.3 / 40 votes
Overview: In the summer of 1947, Britain prepares to commemorate the wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Prince Phillip. To get around food-rationing laws, Dr. Charles Swaby, accountant Henry Allardyce and solicitor Frank Lockwood are fattening a black-market pig for the big day. Egged on by his wife, meek Gilbert Chilvers steals the swine, but the couple must conceal it from inspector Morris Wormold.
Popularity: 3.411
Rate: 6.3 / 40 votes
Overview: In the summer of 1947, Britain prepares to commemorate the wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Prince Phillip. To get around food-rationing laws, Dr. Charles Swaby, accountant Henry Allardyce and solicitor Frank Lockwood are fattening a black-market pig for the big day. Egged on by his wife, meek Gilbert Chilvers steals the swine, but the couple must conceal it from inspector Morris Wormold.
Directors
Malcolm Mowbray
(Director)
(Director)Writers
Cast
Michael Palin
(Gilbert Chilvers)
(Gilbert Chilvers)Maggie Smith
(Joyce Chilvers)
(Joyce Chilvers)Denholm Elliott
(Dr. Swaby)
(Dr. Swaby)Richard Griffiths
(Allardyce)
(Allardyce)Tony Haygarth
(Sutcliff)
(Sutcliff)John Normington
(Lockwood)
(Lockwood)Bill Paterson
(Wormold)
(Wormold)Liz Smith
(Mother)
(Mother)Alison Steadman
(Mrs. Allardyce)
(Mrs. Allardyce)Jim Carter
(Inspector Noble)
(Inspector Noble)Pete Postlethwaite
(Nuttol)
(Nuttol)Eileen O'Brien (Mrs. Sutcliff)
(Mrs. Sutcliff)Rachel Davies
(Mrs. Forbes)
(Mrs. Forbes)Reece Dinsdale
(P.C. Penny)
(P.C. Penny)Philip Wileman (Preston)
(Preston)Charles McKeown
(Medcalf)
(Medcalf)Susan Porrett
(Mrs. Medcalf)
(Mrs. Medcalf)Donald Eccles
(Father)
(Father)Denys Hawthorne
(Hotel Manager)
(Hotel Manager)Don Estelle
(Barraclough)
(Barraclough)Eli Woods (Ernest)
(Ernest)Amanda Gregan (Veronica)
(Veronica)Paula Tilbrook (Mrs. Turnbull)
(Mrs. Turnbull)Bernard Wrigley
(Painter)
(Painter)Lee Daley (Painter's Boy)
(Painter's Boy)Gilly Coman
(Dorothy)
(Dorothy)Maggie Ollerenshaw
(Woman)
(Woman)Josie Lane (Mrs. Beavers)
(Mrs. Beavers)David Morgan (Mervin)
(Mervin)Jill Goldston
(Woman in Cinema (uncredited))
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