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Ullman, Bruno -- Bert Van Dijk in *The Rainbow Warrier*

Then its final -- *Jackknife* is eliminated. Its one I've never seen.

(6,218) pastman; After 67 views and 2 replies, yes. A little history: _Funside_ : Actually, I piggybacked this question on to visualfeast's last poser. As with Royal Wedding, the background of A Private Function is the wedding in 1947 of Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip. ("In Westminister Abbey tomorrow morning a young couple are getting married of a purity and nobility scum like you just can't comprehend.") As described, however, this movie treats other themes (shortages, class snobbery, hypocrisy). And Dame Maggie Smith is a delight. _Grimside_: The postwar shortages pictured in this film are probably quite realistic. It is known that the English government and people continued to deprive themselves. It was not as bad as under wartime conditions, but they set themselves a goal of paying off their wartime debts to the USA and Canada. As of the last time I heard that subject mentioned, Great Briton was the only country that has done so. And the shortages have been portrayed in film elsewhere. Viewers of 84 Charing Cross Road (1987) may remember the subplot about the American writer who arranged to have grocery treats delivered to her pen-pal friends in a London book shop. It was fun to revisit this material. I really thought visualfeast had solved it when she posted a question about a pig, but I got no more from that source. pastman, you're right and its yours.

6. A well-respected actress (2 Oscars -- and now also a Dame, by the way) is delightful as the determined social climber who nabs the pig and then uses it to shoehorn a place at that gala for herself. She considers that her rightful place, after all.

MilesArcher; I had trouble understanding the question. When Dan and you explained it, I realized that I was aware of some of the incidents mentioned, but had never spotted it as a trend myself. And then I realized there is another example: Robert Mitchum had a cameo in the remake of *Cape Fear*. Good question.

Schofield, Penrod -- Billy Mauch in *Penrod And Sam*, (1937)

Film Title BRIT -- *Lift To The Scaffold* AMER -- *Elevator To The Gallows*

*5.* Time setting of the story: 1947. Issue year of the movie: 1984. The local butcher and the local meat inspector are courted avidly by everyone. It is the meat inspector who is nudged into line with encouragement of the lady he aided in the faux nylons deception.

*4.* A social Event with national import is pending. Nobody from this little burg rates an invitation to the Event, but they plan to hold a gala of their own in celebration. A stolen pig is being fattened up to serve a gathering of the Upper Crust types, at least, at said gala Thefts. Stolen treats meant to be fed to the pig. Suspicions. (Why has the odor in that house changed?). Can one hold a pig for ransom and claw one's way into the Upper Crust list?

*3.* It can happen to a boy or to a grown man. An animal that you are raising for slaughter becomes a beloved pet. How can you see it go to it's intended destination?

> {quote:title=visualfeast wrote:}{quote} > Is anyone out there? Yeah. Are there any clues in there? Timeframe, issue date or setting of story? Is the friend male or female? USA setting, or someplace else?

> {quote:title=visualfeast wrote:}{quote} > Does a pig play a part in this film? Yep. A very big part. Can _you_ name the national event that is at the background of the movie's action?

*2.* Other shortages continue. Meats, for instance, are monitored by the government from the farmyard to the slaughterhouse and the butcher shop. Black marketing is possible, but not easy. It is small-town Briton. Everybody knows everybody, and the social lines are quite important to those who consider themselves the Upper Crust. Some of those closed out socially are resentful, and may become vendictive if given the chance. There is a lot of humor, much of it mean-spirited. "Shall I draw in the stocking tops?"

Thanks, thanks to one and all, and to give credit where credit is due: I owe it all to PURE DUMB LUCK. I've never seen the movie, but I was aware of it by way of Rumor. This one also probably will not last long: *1.* British setting. Post WWII, but some wartime shortages continue. One example / result: Women dressing for social occasions sometimes draw lines on their legs with eyeliner. They want to give the impression that they have the means -- and the connections -- to acquire nylons. Turns out a woman standing on a chair and asking a man to draw the lines down the back of her calves is in a position to pursuade that man to change his opinions and behavior. (6151)

*Pike, Cisco* -- 1972 title role for Kris Kristofferso

North, Theophilus -- title role for Anthony Edwards in *Mr. North*

BRIT -- Roue AMER -- Dirty old man

*Kelly, Alvarez* -- A 1966 title role for William Holden

No ID on people or film, but... CAPTION: "Nein, nein, nein nein! Less filling I say!"

Gasp! Whew!

I can name the movie, but I don't know the follow-up questions. (I saw it as a theatrical release.) I'll let someone more industrious come up with the full set of answers.

*Royal Wedding* (1951), Astaire and Powell ???

BRIT -- Loo AMER -- John, Head, Latrine

...And Tommy Lee Jones as the American gangster, with Melanie Griffith as the moll who turned on him after she met Bean. Got it. Go.

...onward, ever onward with the multiple clues... A young Irishman, needing a job, carries a "help wanted" sign from the window into the nightclub and is presented to the club owner. It turns out to be cleaning, but any job will do. Simply by being present when a difficulty comes up, he winds up driving musicians around when their plane arrives early, etc. After work, in a restaurant, he overhears the London visiters' plans to harm his boss. Thus it is he who warns the boss in plenty of time to turn the tables. It is he who winds up in possession of the thugs' car.