A Private Function
61 reviews
Comedy
1h 36m
1984
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...
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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.
- DirectorMalcolm Mowbray
- Release9 November 1984
- GenreComedy
- Duration1h 36m
- Budget?
- Revenue?
- Rate61 reviews
- Productions
Handmade Films
Cast

Michael Palin
Gilbert Chilvers

Maggie Smith
Joyce Chilvers

Denholm Elliott
Dr. Swaby

Richard Griffiths
Allardyce

Tony Haygarth
Sutcliff

John Normington
Lockwood

Bill Paterson
Wormold

Liz Smith
Mother

Alison Steadman
Mrs. Allardyce

Jim Carter
Inspector Noble

Pete Postlethwaite
Nuttol

Eileen O'Brien
Mrs. Sutcliff

Rachel Davies
Mrs. Forbes

Reece Dinsdale
P.C. Penny

Charles McKeown
Medcalf

Susan Porrett
Mrs. Medcalf

Donald Eccles
Father

Denys Hawthorne
Hotel Manager

Don Estelle
Barraclough

Bernard Wrigley
Painter

Gilly Coman
Dorothy

Maggie Ollerenshaw
Woman

Jill Goldston
Woman in Cinema (uncredited)
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