A Private Function

A Private Function (1984)

When a clandestine party goes wild, it's all about pork... and prestige.

Comedy

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.

star 6.3 6.5 91%
  • Release Date: 1984-11-09
  • Runtime: 1h 36min
  • Director: Malcolm Mowbray

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    • Trailer

    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

    • Philip Wileman

      Preston

    • Charles McKeown

      Medcalf

    • Susan Porrett

      Mrs. Medcalf

    • Donald Eccles

      Father

    • Denys Hawthorne

      Hotel Manager

    • Don Estelle

      Barraclough

    • Eli Woods

      Ernest

    • Amanda Gregan

      Veronica

    • Paula Tilbrook

      Mrs. Turnbull

    • Bernard Wrigley

      Painter

    • Lee Daley

      Painter's Boy

    • Gilly Coman

      Dorothy

    • Maggie Ollerenshaw

      Woman

    • Josie Lane

      Mrs. Beavers

    • David Morgan

      Mervin

    • Jill Goldston

      Woman in Cinema (uncredited)

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