A Private Function
“When a clandestine party goes wild, it's all about pork... and prestige.”
Director
Malcolm Mowbray
Screenplay
Alan Bennett, Malcolm Mowbray
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.
Release
Nov 9, 1984
Budget
—
Country
United Kingdom
Revenue
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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
Denys Hawthorne
Hotel Manager
Don Estelle
Barraclough
Bernard Wrigley
Painter
Gilly Coman
Dorothy
Maggie Ollerenshaw
Woman
Jill Goldston
Woman in Cinema (uncredited)
Reviews
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Trailer
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A Private Function
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