Up the Front (1972)
1h 29m
Running Time
January 1, 1972Release Date
Plot.
In Frankie Howerd's third Up... film it's World War I and he plays Lurk, an absolute cowerd, er coward. He's evading the call-up for all he's worth. But one evening he's hypnotised by a drunken hypnotist (Stanley Holloway) into being brave, but he fails to be released from it. So with his yellow streak gone Lurk is down that army office before you can say "titter ye not." Off to war he goes, mingling with sexy spies like Zsa Zsa Gabor and before long, the spellbound recruit is heading hot-foot back to Blighty with the Germans' plan of attack tattooed on his bum, and the Germans are bringing up the rear...! Full of sauce, knowing real-life references and witty remarks to camera, this is a cheeky incorrigible final instalment.
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Cast & Crew.

Frankie Howerd
Lurk

Bill Fraser
Groping

Zsa Zsa Gabor
Mata Hari

William Mervyn
Lord Twithampton

Linda Gray
Lady Twithampton

Jonathan Cecil
Nigel Phipps-Fortescue

Madeline Smith
Fanny

Nicholas Bennett
Mallett

Mike Grady
Newsboy

Dora Bryan
Cora Crumpington

Stanley Holloway
The Great Vincento

Veronica Clifford
Velma

Peter Greenwell
Pianist / Accordianiste / Leader of the orchestra / Original Music Composer

Barrie Gosney
Stage Manager

Bob Hoskins
Recruiting Sergeant

Lance Percival
Von Gutz

Peter Bull
Von Kobler

Roy Tuvey
Writer

Maurice Sellar
Writer

Leena Skoog
Nurse

Sid Colin
Screenplay

Eddie Braben
Screenplay

Bob Kellett
Director

Seamus Flannery
Production Design
Details.
Wiki.
Up the Front is a 1972 British comedy film directed by Bob Kellett and starring Frankie Howerd, Bill Fraser, and Hermione Baddeley. It was written by Sid Colin and Eddie Braben. Set during the First World War, it is the third film spin-off from the television series Up Pompeii! (the previous films being Up Pompeii (1971), set, like the TV series, in the Roman era; and Up the Chastity Belt (1971), set in the Middle Ages).
The plot concerns Lurk (a descendant of the slave Lurcio in Up Pompeii), a coward who is hypnotised into bravery.
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