Up the Front

Up the Front

1972
1h 29m
4.2

4.2/10

16 votes • View on IMDb

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

Overview

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.

Status: Released

Language: EN

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Production Information

Production Companies
Anglo-EMI
Production Countries
United Kingdom
Spoken Languages
English

Quick Facts

Release Date July 14, 1972
Status Released
Language EN
IMDb ID tt0069448

Cast

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

Key Crew

Bob Kellett
Director
Sid Colin
Screenplay
Eddie Braben
Screenplay
Terry Glinwood
Producer
Ned Sherrin
Producer
Beryl Vertue
Executive Producer

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