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A Private Function

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.

1984 |1h 36m |  Comedy

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Cast

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Michael Palin

Gilbert Chilvers

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Maggie Smith

Joyce Chilvers

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Denholm Elliott

Dr. Swaby

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Richard Griffiths

Allardyce

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Tony Haygarth

Sutcliff

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John Normington

Lockwood

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Bill Paterson

Wormold

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Liz Smith

Mother

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Alison Steadman

Mrs. Allardyce

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Jim Carter

Inspector Noble

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Pete Postlethwaite

Nuttol

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Eileen O'Brien

Mrs. Sutcliff

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Rachel Davies

Mrs. Forbes

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Reece Dinsdale

P.C. Penny

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Charles McKeown

Medcalf

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Susan Porrett

Mrs. Medcalf

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Donald Eccles

Father

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Denys Hawthorne

Hotel Manager

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Don Estelle

Barraclough

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Bernard Wrigley

Painter

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Gilly Coman

Dorothy

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Maggie Ollerenshaw

Woman

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Jill Goldston

Woman in Cinema (uncredited)

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Status

Released

Language

English

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