A Private Function (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.
Directed by: Malcolm Mowbray
Top Billed Cast: Maggie Smith, Jill Goldston, Liz Smith
Runtime: 96 minutes
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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
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Philip Wileman
Preston
Charles McKeown
Medcalf
Susan Porrett
Mrs. Medcalf
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Donald Eccles
Father
Denys Hawthorne
Hotel Manager
Don Estelle
Barraclough
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Eli Woods
Ernest
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Amanda Gregan
Veronica
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Paula Tilbrook
Mrs. Turnbull
Bernard Wrigley
Painter
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Lee Daley
Painter's Boy
Gilly Coman
Dorothy
Maggie Ollerenshaw
Woman
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Josie Lane
Mrs. Beavers
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David Morgan
Mervin
Jill Goldston
Woman in Cinema (uncredited)
