Up the Front (1972)
Synopsis
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.
Release Date: 1972-07-14
Runtime: 89 minutes
Director: Bob Kellett
Top Cast
- Frankie Howerd as Private Lurk
- Hermione Baddeley as Madame Monique
- Robert Coote as General Burke
- Bill Fraser as Sergeant Major Groping
- Lance Percival as Colonel von Gutz
- Dora Bryan as Auntie Cora Crumpington
- Peter Bull as General von Kobler
- Jonathan Cecil as Captain Nigel Phipps-Fortescue
- Percy Herbert as Corporal Lovechild
- William Mervyn as Lord Twithampton
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