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A Private Function(1984)
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COMEDY

Life isn't easy in 1947 Yorkshire, where strict post-war rationing is putting the squeeze on the townspeople. But when a working-class couple discover that the town's wealthy elite has been secretly fattening up an illegal pig for their own selfish gluttony, they hatch an outlandish kidnapping scheme that gives new meaning to the phrase bringing home the bacon!

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namecharacter
Jim Carter Inspector Noble
Reece Dinsdale P.C. Penny
Denholm Elliott Dr. Charles Swaby
Richard Griffiths Henry Allardyce the Accountant
Tony Haygarth Leonard Sutcliff the Farmer
John Normington Frank Lockwood the Solicitor
Eileen O'Brien Mrs. Sutcliff
Michael Palin Gilbert Chilvers
Bill Paterson Morris Wormold the Meat Inspector
Pete Postlethwaite Douglas J. Nuttol the Butcher
Liz Smith Joyce's Mother
Maggie Smith Joyce Chilvers
Alison Steadman Mrs. Allardyce
Bernard Wrigley Painter
name 
Alan Bennett writer (original), screenplay
Malcolm Mowbray director
yearawardcategoryname
1984 BAFTA Best Actor in a Supporting Role Denholm Elliott
1984 BAFTA Best Actress in a Leading Role Maggie Smith
1984 BAFTA Best Actress in a Supporting Role Liz Smith
1986 London Critics' Circle Film Award Screenwriter of the Year Alan Bennett