Up the Front

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

19721h 29m4.2Movie

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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.

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

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