Comedy /

Score: 63.7%( 62 votes )

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.

Cast:

Michael Palin
Gilbert Chilvers

Maggie Smith
Joyce Chilvers

Denholm Elliott
Dr. Swaby

Richard Griffiths
Allardyce

Tony Haygarth
Sutcliff

John Normington
Lockwood

Bill Paterson
Wormold

Liz Smith
Mother

Alison Steadman
Mrs. Allardyce

Jim Carter
Inspector Noble

Pete Postlethwaite
Nuttol

Eileen O'Brien
Mrs. Sutcliff

Rachel Davies
Mrs. Forbes

Reece Dinsdale
P.C. Penny

Philip Wileman
Preston

Charles McKeown
Medcalf

Susan Porrett
Mrs. Medcalf

Donald Eccles
Father

Denys Hawthorne
Hotel Manager

Don Estelle
Barraclough

Eli Woods
Ernest

Amanda Gregan
Veronica

Paula Tilbrook
Mrs. Turnbull

Bernard Wrigley
Painter

Lee Daley
Painter's Boy

Gilly Coman
Dorothy

Maggie Ollerenshaw
Woman

Josie Lane
Mrs. Beavers

David Morgan
Mervin

Jill Goldston
Woman in Cinema (uncredited)