
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.
A Private Function
November 9, 1984
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Cast (30)

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

Philip Wileman
Preston

Charles McKeown
Medcalf

Susan Porrett
Mrs. Medcalf

Donald Eccles
Father

Denys Hawthorne
Hotel Manager

Don Estelle
Barraclough

Eli Woods
Ernest

Amanda Gregan
Veronica

Paula Tilbrook
Mrs. Turnbull

Bernard Wrigley
Painter

Lee Daley
Painter's Boy

Gilly Coman
Dorothy

Maggie Ollerenshaw
Woman

Josie Lane
Mrs. Beavers

David Morgan
Mervin

Jill Goldston
Woman in Cinema (uncredited)
Crew (62)
Directing

Malcolm Mowbray
Director

Alison Thorne
Continuity

Nick Godden
Third Assistant Director

Guy Travers
First Assistant Director
Writing
Production

George Harrison
Executive Producer

Denis O'Brien
Executive Producer

Ann Wingate
Production Manager

Mark Shivas
Producer

Debbie McWilliams
Casting

Michelle Guish
Casting

Ginny Roncoroni
Production Assistant

Brian Brockwell
Production Accountant

Tamara Ingram
Producer's Assistant

Wendy Tayler
Publicist

Liz Ferwell
Finance

Joanna Gollins
Location Manager
Sound

Ray Cooper
Music Producer

John Du Prez
Original Music Composer

John Du Prez
Conductor

Nigel Galt
Sound Editor

Tony Jackson
Sound Recordist

Clive Barrett
Assistant Sound Editor

Rosie Straker
Sound Assistant

Stephen Janisz
Sound Editor

Robert Gavin
Sound Editor

Michael Redfern
Sound Editor
Art

Frank Berlin
Painter

Richard Morrison
Title Designer

Trevor Dyer
Standby Carpenter

Michael Porter
Art Direction

Tom Hughes
Painter

Jack Carter
Construction Manager

Stuart Walker
Production Design

Alan Bailey
Property Master

Jeffrey Witts
Dressing Prop

Judith Lang
Art Direction
Camera

Tony Pierce-Roberts
Director of Photography

Malcolm MacIntosh
Camera Operator

Derek Suter
Clapper Loader

Joe Felix
Grip

David Farrell
Still Photographer

Mark White
Camera Car

Peter James
Clapper Loader
Costume & Make-Up

Phyllis Dalton
Costume Design

Christine Beveridge
Makeup Supervisor

Janet Tebrooke
Wardrobe Supervisor

Anita Pickles
Makeup Artist

Elizabeth Moss
Hairstylist

Ken Crouch
Wardrobe Assistant

Joan Hills
Makeup Artist

Jan Archibald
Hairstylist
Crew
Editing

Barrie Vince
Editor

Scott Thomas
Assistant Editor