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)

Mark Shivas... (Producer)

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

Barrie Vince... (Editor)

Michelle Guish... (Casting)

Debbie McWilliams... (Casting)

Judith Lang... (Art Direction)

Michael Porter... (Art Direction)

Stuart Walker... (Production Design)

Phyllis Dalton... (Costume Design)

Malcolm MacIntosh... (Camera Operator)

David Farrell... (Still Photographer)

Micky Woolaard... (Gaffer)

Jan Archibald... (Hairstylist)

Elizabeth Moss... (Hairstylist)

Joan Hills... (Makeup Artist)

Anita Pickles... (Makeup Artist)

Billy Bell... (Technical Advisor)

Alison Thorne... (Continuity)

Wendy Tayler... (Publicist)

Quico Rovira-Beleta... (Translator)

Ginny Roncoroni... (Production Assistant)

Richard Morrison... (Title Designer)

Tamara Ingram... (Producer's Assistant)

Liz Ferwell... (Finance)

Brian Brockwell... (Production Accountant)

John Du Prez... (Conductor)

Ray Cooper... (Music Producer)

Joanna Gollins... (Location Manager)

Scott Thomas... (Assistant Editor)

Janet Tebrooke... (Wardrobe Supervisor)

Ken Crouch... (Wardrobe Assistant)

Mark White... (Camera Car)

Derek Suter... (Clapper Loader)

Larry Knox... (Generator Operator)

Peter James... (Clapper Loader)

Joe Felix... (Grip)

John Cantwell... (Electrician)

Peter Arnold... (Electrician)

Rosie Straker... (Sound Assistant)

Michael Redfern... (Sound Editor)

Stephen Janisz... (Sound Editor)

Robert Gavin... (Sound Editor)

Nigel Galt... (Sound Editor)

Clive Barrett... (Assistant Sound Editor)

Jeffrey Witts... (Dressing Prop)

Tom Hughes... (Painter)

Trevor Dyer... (Standby Carpenter)

Jack Carter... (Construction Manager)

Frank Berlin... (Painter)

Alan Bailey... (Property Master)

Guy Travers... (First Assistant Director)

Nick Godden... (Third Assistant Director)

Ann Wingate... (Production Manager)

Christine Beveridge... (Makeup Supervisor)

John Du Prez... (Original Music Composer)

George Harrison... (Executive Producer)

Denis O'Brien... (Executive Producer)

Content rating:

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