| Release Date: | Mar 1985 |
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| Genre: | Comedy |
| Awards: | Won 3 BAFTA Film Awards. Another 1 win & 2 nominations |
| Cast: | Michael Palin (Gilbert Chilvers), Maggie Smith (Joyce Chilvers), Denholm Elliott (Dr. Charles Swaby), Richard Griffiths (Henry Allardyce the Accountant), Tony Haygarth (Leonard Sutcliff the Farmer), John Normington (Frank Lockwood the Solicitor), Bill Paterson (Morris Wormold the Meat Inspector), Liz Smith (Joyce's Mother), Alison Steadman (Mrs. Allardyce), Jim Carter (Inspector Noble), Pete Postlethwaite (Douglas J. Nuttol the Butcher), Eileen O'Brien (Mrs. Sutcliff), Rachel Davies (Mrs. Forbes, Wormold's Landlady), Reece Dinsdale (P.C. Penny), Philip Whileman (Preston Sutcliff (as Philip Wileman)), Charles McKeown (Medcalf a Butcher), Susan Porrett (Mrs. Dorcus Medcalf), Donald Eccles (Dorcus' Father), Denys Hawthorne (Grand Hotel Manager), Don Estelle (Barraclough a Butcher), Eli Woods (Ernest), Amanda Gregan (Veronica Allardyce), Paula Tilbrook (Mrs. Turnbull, a Chilvers Neighbor), Bernard Wrigley (Painter), Lee Daley (Painter's Boy), Gilly Coman (Dorothy, Allardyce's Secretary), Maggie Ollerenshaw (Woman), Josie Lane (Mrs. Beavers), David Morgan (Marvin), Prince Philip (Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)), Queen Elizabeth II (Herself (archive footage) (uncredited)) |
1947 in a small town in England. The war has been won two years ago, 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.