A Private Function
Comedy
When a clandestine party goes wild, it's all about pork... and prestige.
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.
1984-11-09
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Cast
Michael Palin as Gilbert Chilvers
Maggie Smith as Joyce Chilvers
Denholm Elliott as Dr. Swaby
Richard Griffiths as Allardyce
Tony Haygarth as Sutcliff
John Normington as Lockwood
Bill Paterson as Wormold
Liz Smith as Mother
Alison Steadman as Mrs. Allardyce
Jim Carter as Inspector Noble
Pete Postlethwaite as Nuttol
Eileen O'Brien as Mrs. Sutcliff
Rachel Davies as Mrs. Forbes
Reece Dinsdale as P.C. Penny
Charles McKeown as Medcalf
Susan Porrett as Mrs. Medcalf
Denys Hawthorne as Hotel Manager
Don Estelle as Barraclough
Bernard Wrigley as Painter
Gilly Coman as Dorothy
Maggie Ollerenshaw as Woman
Jill Goldston as Woman in Cinema (uncredited)