A Private Function

A Private Function

A Private Function

6.4/ 10

TMDB Rating

64

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1984

Release Year

96 min

Runtime

Comedy

Overview

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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Keywords

northern england

pig

satire

yorkshire

rural area

working class

post war

food rationing

1940s

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Cast

Michael Palin

Michael Palin

Gilbert Chilvers

Maggie Smith

Maggie Smith

Joyce Chilvers

Denholm Elliott

Denholm Elliott

Dr. Swaby

Richard Griffiths

Richard Griffiths

Allardyce

Tony Haygarth

Tony Haygarth

Sutcliff

John Normington

John Normington

Lockwood

Bill Paterson

Bill Paterson

Wormold

Liz Smith

Liz Smith

Mother

Alison Steadman

Alison Steadman

Mrs. Allardyce

Jim Carter

Jim Carter

Inspector Noble

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CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

December 6, 2025

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7/10

The forthcoming wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip is a cause for celebration in post war Britain, but it isn’t going to affect rationing that still only allows one person one rasher of bacon per week. The folks of a small Yorkshire town have their own cunning plan. Secreted in the midd…

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