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Up the Front

1972
1h 29m
Comedy

Status

Released

Release

1972

Runtime

1h 29m

Where to Watch

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Storyline

"When only Frankie's cheek could save Britain from the Hun!"

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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Details

Status
Released
Runtime
1h 29m
Jul 14, 1972
Languages
English
Director
Bob Kellett
Production
Anglo-EMI
Anglo-EMI
Production Countries
United Kingdom

Top Cast

57 Cast Members

Frankie Howerd

Frankie Howerd

Private Lurk

Hermione Baddeley

Hermione Baddeley

Madame Monique

Robert Coote

Robert Coote

General Burke

Bill Fraser

Bill Fraser

Sergeant Major Groping

Lance Percival

Lance Percival

Colonel von Gutz

Dora Bryan

Dora Bryan

Auntie Cora Crumpington

Peter Bull

Peter Bull

General von Kobler

Jonathan Cecil

Jonathan Cecil

Captain Nigel Phipps-Fortescue

Percy Herbert

Percy Herbert

Corporal Lovechild

William Mervyn

William Mervyn

Lord Twithampton

Madeline Smith

Madeline Smith

Fanny

Stanley Holloway

Stanley Holloway

The Great Vincento

Zsa Zsa Gabor

Zsa Zsa Gabor

Mata Hari

David Battley

David Battley

Midgeley

Nicholas Bennett

Mallett

Michael Brennan

Michael Brennan

Military Policeman

Veronica Clifford

Veronica Clifford

Velma

Mischa De La Motte

Diplomat

Vernon Dobtcheff

Vernon Dobtcheff

Muller

Kenneth Fortescue

Kenneth Fortescue

General Burke's Aide-de-Camp

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