Up the Front
4.6
“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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Frankie Howerd
Private Lurk
Known for
Carry On Doctor
The Ladykillers
Hermione Baddeley
Madame Monique
Known for
Mary Poppins
The Secret of NIMH
Robert Coote
General Burke
Known for
A Matter of Life and Death
Othello
Bill Fraser
Sergeant Major Groping
Known for
The Barefoot Contessa
The Americanization of Emily
Lance Percival
Colonel von Gutz
Known for
Yellow Submarine
Too Late the Hero
Dora Bryan
Auntie Cora Crumpington
Known for
MirrorMask
A Taste of Honey
Peter Bull
General von Kobler
Known for
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
The African Queen
Jonathan Cecil
Captain Nigel Phipps-Fortescue
Known for
Van Wilder 2: The Rise of Taj
Thirteen at Dinner
Percy Herbert
Corporal Lovechild
Known for
The Bridge on the River Kwai
One Million Years B.C.
William Mervyn
Lord Twithampton
Known for
Murder Ahoy
The Railway Children
Madeline Smith
Fanny
Known for
The Vampire Lovers
Live and Let Die
Stanley Holloway
The Great Vincento
Known for
My Fair Lady
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Bob Kellett Director · Sid Colin Screenplay Eddie Braben Screenplay
First release July 14, 1972 · Produced in United Kingdom
Production
Anglo-EMI
Production
United Kingdom
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United Kingdom · July 14, 1972
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
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