A Private Function
When a clandestine party goes wild, it's all about pork... and prestige.
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.
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Cast
Michael Palin
Gilbert Chilvers
John Normington
Lockwood
Charles McKeown
Medcalf
Pete Postlethwaite
Nuttol
Rachel Davies
Mrs. Forbes
Denys Hawthorne
Hotel Manager
Susan Porrett
Mrs. Medcalf
Gilly Coman
Dorothy
Jill Goldston
Woman in Cinema (uncredited)
Reece Dinsdale
P.C. Penny
Maggie Smith
Joyce Chilvers
Richard Griffiths
Allardyce
Tony Haygarth
Sutcliff
Bernard Wrigley
Painter
Maggie Ollerenshaw
Woman
Liz Smith
Mother
Denholm Elliott
Dr. Swaby
Bill Paterson
Wormold
Alison Steadman
Mrs. Allardyce
Jim Carter
Inspector Noble
Eileen O'Brien
Mrs. Sutcliff
Don Estelle
Barraclough