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Private Function (A)
- Director: Malcolm Mowbray
- Writer: Alan Bennett
- Producer: George Harrison; Denis O'Brien
CGiii Comment
Recently resurrected for musical theatre - under the name of Betty Blue Eyes...
The film, however, is a rather flat affair.
Mowbray's direction is lifeless.
Bennett's writing has a few good one-liners but rambles...the ending is as deflating as a collapsed souffle.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
1947 in a small town in England. The war has been over for two years, but there's still rationing of meat. When Princess Elizabeth is going to marry, a group of businessmen wants to impress (or probably bribe) the local government by giving a big party. They want to slaughter an illegally raised pig for this event. Unfortunately, someone steals the pig.
Cast & Characters
Michael Palin as Gilbert Chilvers;
Maggie Smith as Joyce Chilvers;
Denholm Elliott as Dr. Charles Swaby;
Richard Griffiths as Henry Allardyce the Accountant;
Tony Haygarth as Leonard Sutcliff the Farmer;
John Normington as Frank Lockwood the Solicitor;
Bill Paterson as Morris Wormold the Meat Inspector;
Liz Smith as Joyce's Mother;
Alison Steadman as Mrs. Allardyce;
Jim Carter as Inspector Noble
