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Up the Front

"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.

Top 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

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.

Rating

4.4 / 10
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