Up the Front
1972/07/14 • Released • English
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.
Director : Bob Kellett
Casts
Frankie Howerd
Private Lurk
Hermione Baddeley
Madame Monique
Robert Coote
General Burke
Bill Fraser
Sergeant Major Groping
Lance Percival
Colonel von Gutz
Dora Bryan
Auntie Cora Crumpington
Peter Bull
General von Kobler
Jonathan Cecil
Captain Nigel Phipps-Fortescue
Percy Herbert
Corporal Lovechild
William Mervyn
Lord Twithampton
Madeline Smith
Fanny
Stanley Holloway
The Great Vincento
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Mata Hari
David Battley
Midgeley
Michael Brennan
Military Policeman
Veronica Clifford
Velma
Vernon Dobtcheff
Muller
Kenneth Fortescue
General Burke's Aide-de-Camp
Robert Gillespie
French Officer
Derek Griffiths
El Puncturo
Harvey Hall
Military Policeman
Stanley Lebor
Blitzen
Toni Palmer
1st Buttercup Girl
Patricia Quinn
Magda
Mike Grady
Newsboy
Barrie Gosney
Stage Manager
Bob Hoskins
Recruiting Sergeant
Andy Bradford
Dispatch Rider
Andrew McCulloch
Soldier
Parnell McGarry
Fat Nurse
Leena Skoog
Nurse
Madhav Sharma
Indian Officer
Pip Miller
Waiter
Jennifer Guy
Whore (uncredited)
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