A Private Function
6.3
96 minutes
11/9/1984
Overview
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.
Cast List
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
Maggie Ollerenshaw
as Woman
Josie Lane
as Mrs. Beavers
David Morgan
as Mervin
Jill Goldston
as Woman in Cinema (uncredited)