A Private Function

A Private Function

94 mins | Comedy | Nov. 9, 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 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.

A Private Function

94 mins | Comedy | Nov. 9, 1984

A Private Function
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.
IMDb rating 6.5
Producers HandMade Films
Original title A Private Function
Directors Nick Godden, Alison Thorne, Malcolm Mowbray, Guy Travers
Writers Alan Bennett, Malcolm Mowbray

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

Philip Wileman

as Preston

Charles McKeown

as Medcalf

Susan Porrett

as Mrs. Medcalf

Donald Eccles

as Father

Denys Hawthorne

as Hotel Manager

Don Estelle

as Barraclough

Eli Woods

as Ernest

Amanda Gregan

as Veronica

Paula Tilbrook

as Mrs. Turnbull

Bernard Wrigley

as Painter

Lee Daley

as Painter's Boy

Gilly Coman

as Dorothy

Josie Lane

as Mrs. Beavers

David Morgan

as Mervin

Jill Goldston

as Woman in Cinema (uncredited)