Release date:Nov 9, 1984

Runtime:1h 36m

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A Private Function 1984 Trailer | Michael Palin | Maggie Smith

A Private Function

★ 6.0

Synopsis of "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."

Director:

Malcolm Mowbray

Genres:

Comedy

Language:

English

Cast of "A Private Function":

Michael Palin ... as Gilbert Chilvers

Maggie Smith ... as Joyce Chilvers

Denholm Elliott ... as Dr. Swaby

Richard Griffiths ... as Allardyce

Tony Haygarth ... as Sutcliff

John Normington ... as Lockwood

Bill Paterson ... as Wormold

Liz Smith ... as Mother

Alison Steadman ... as Mrs. Allardyce

Jim Carter ... as Inspector Noble

Pete Postlethwaite ... as Nuttol

Eileen O'Brien ... as Mrs. Sutcliff

Rachel Davies ... as Mrs. Forbes

Reece Dinsdale ... as P.C. Penny

Philip Wileman ... as Preston

Charles McKeown ... as Medcalf

Susan Porrett ... as Mrs. Medcalf

Donald Eccles ... as Father

Denys Hawthorne ... as Hotel Manager

Don Estelle ... as Barraclough

Eli Woods ... as Ernest

Amanda Gregan ... as Veronica

Paula Tilbrook ... as Mrs. Turnbull

Bernard Wrigley ... as Painter

Lee Daley ... as Painter's Boy

Gilly Coman ... as Dorothy

Maggie Ollerenshaw ... as Woman

Josie Lane ... as Mrs. Beavers

David Morgan ... as Mervin

Jill Goldston ... as Woman in Cinema (uncredited)

Crew:

Tony Jackson... (Sound Recordist)

Alan Bennett... (Screenplay)

Malcolm Mowbray... (Story)

Alan Bennett... (Story)

Tony Pierce-Roberts... (Director of Photography)

Michelle Guish... (Casting)

Malcolm MacIntosh... (Camera Operator)

Michael Porter... (Art Direction)

Jan Archibald... (Hairstylist)

Elizabeth Moss... (Hairstylist)

Mark Shivas... (Producer)

Judith Lang... (Art Direction)

Phyllis Dalton... (Costume Design)

Joan Hills... (Makeup Artist)

Stuart Walker... (Production Design)

Micky Woolaard... (Gaffer)

David Farrell... (Still Photographer)

Anita Pickles... (Makeup Artist)

Barrie Vince... (Editor)

Debbie McWilliams... (Casting)

Billy Bell... (Technical Advisor)

Ray Cooper... (Music Producer)

Stephen Janisz... (Sound Editor)

Clive Barrett... (Assistant Sound Editor)

Richard Morrison... (Title Designer)

Tamara Ingram... (Producer's Assistant)

Liz Ferwell... (Finance)

Frank Berlin... (Painter)

Ginny Roncoroni... (Production Assistant)

Nick Godden... (Third Assistant Director)

Janet Tebrooke... (Wardrobe Supervisor)

Ken Crouch... (Wardrobe Assistant)

Alan Bailey... (Property Master)

George Harrison... (Executive Producer)

Tom Hughes... (Painter)

Ann Wingate... (Production Manager)

Wendy Tayler... (Publicist)

Mark White... (Camera Car)

Peter Arnold... (Electrician)

Michael Redfern... (Sound Editor)

John Du Prez... (Conductor)

Alison Thorne... (Continuity)

Brian Brockwell... (Production Accountant)

Quico Rovira-Beleta... (Translator)

Peter James... (Clapper Loader)

Denis O'Brien... (Executive Producer)

Rosie Straker... (Sound Assistant)

Robert Gavin... (Sound Editor)

Christine Beveridge... (Makeup Supervisor)

John Du Prez... (Original Music Composer)

Joanna Gollins... (Location Manager)

Derek Suter... (Clapper Loader)

Trevor Dyer... (Standby Carpenter)

Larry Knox... (Generator Operator)

John Cantwell... (Electrician)

Nigel Galt... (Sound Editor)

Jeffrey Witts... (Dressing Prop)

Joe Felix... (Grip)

Guy Travers... (First Assistant Director)

Scott Thomas... (Assistant Editor)

Jack Carter... (Construction Manager)

Content rating:

R (United States) · 15 (United Kingdom) · 16 (Germany)