A Private Function
Malcolm Mowbray1984-11-09
When a clandestine party goes wild, it's all about pork... and prestige.
6.3
96 min
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
| Name | Character | Team | |
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Michael Palin | Gilbert Chilvers | Unowned |
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Maggie Smith | Joyce Chilvers | Hangin with Mr. Cooper |
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Denholm Elliott | Dr. Swaby | Unowned |
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Richard Griffiths | Allardyce | Unowned |
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Tony Haygarth | Sutcliff | Unowned |
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John Normington | Lockwood | Unowned |
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Bill Paterson | Wormold | Unowned |
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Liz Smith | Mother | Unowned |
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Alison Steadman | Mrs. Allardyce | Unowned |
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Jim Carter | Inspector Noble | Unowned |
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Pete Postlethwaite | Nuttol | Unowned |
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Eileen O'Brien | Mrs. Sutcliff | Unowned |
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Rachel Davies | Mrs. Forbes | Unowned |
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Reece Dinsdale | P.C. Penny | Unowned |
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Philip Wileman | Preston | Unowned |
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Charles McKeown | Medcalf | Unowned |
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Susan Porrett | Mrs. Medcalf | Unowned |
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Donald Eccles | Father | Unowned |
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Denys Hawthorne | Hotel Manager | Unowned |
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Don Estelle | Barraclough | Unowned |
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Eli Woods | Ernest | Unowned |
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Amanda Gregan | Veronica | Unowned |
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Paula Tilbrook | Mrs. Turnbull | Unowned |
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Bernard Wrigley | Painter | Unowned |
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Lee Daley | Painter's Boy | Unowned |
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Gilly Coman | Dorothy | Unowned |
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Maggie Ollerenshaw | Woman | Unowned |
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Josie Lane | Mrs. Beavers | Unowned |
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David Morgan | Mervin | Unowned |
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Jill Goldston | Woman in Cinema (uncredited) | Unowned |