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A Private Function

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Plot

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

Michael Palin as Gilbert Chilvers
Michael Palin

as Gilbert Chilvers

Maggie Smith as Joyce Chilvers
Maggie Smith

as Joyce Chilvers

Denholm Elliott as Dr. Swaby
Denholm Elliott

as Dr. Swaby

Richard Griffiths as Allardyce
Richard Griffiths

as Allardyce

Tony Haygarth as Sutcliff
Tony Haygarth

as Sutcliff

John Normington as Lockwood
John Normington

as Lockwood

Bill Paterson as Wormold
Bill Paterson

as Wormold

Liz Smith as Mother
Liz Smith

as Mother

Alison Steadman as Mrs. Allardyce
Alison Steadman

as Mrs. Allardyce

Jim Carter as Inspector Noble
Jim Carter

as Inspector Noble

Movie Facts

Rated

  • R

Status

  • Released

Release Date

  • November 9, 1984

Production Companies

  • Handmade Films

Production Countries

  • United Kingdom

Spoken Language

  • English

Budget

  • $0.00

Revenue

  • -

Runtime

  • 1.60 hrs

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The forthcoming wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip is a cause for celebration in post war Britain, but it isn’t going to affect rationing that still only allows one person one rasher of bacon per week. The folks of a small Yorkshire town have their own cunning plan. Secreted in the middle of the woods, they have a pig. Despite the best efforts of the ferret-like detective “Wormold” (…