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Up the Front

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Calorie Rating: 125
Released: 1972-07-14
Running Time: 89 Minutes
Studios: Anglo-EMI,


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 / Directors

Bob Kellett
Director


Cast

Frankie Howerd
Character: Private Lurk
Hermione Baddeley
Character: Madame Monique
Robert Coote
Character: General Burke

Bill Fraser
Character: Sergeant Major Groping
Lance Percival
Character: Colonel von Gutz
Dora Bryan
Character: Auntie Cora Crumpington

Peter Bull
Character: General von Kobler
Jonathan Cecil
Character: Captain Nigel Phipps-Fortescue
Percy Herbert
Character: Corporal Lovechild

William Mervyn
Character: Lord Twithampton
Madeline Smith
Character: Fanny
Stanley Holloway
Character: The Great Vincento

Zsa Zsa Gabor
Character: Mata Hari
David Battley
Character: Midgeley
Nicholas Bennett
Character: Mallett

Michael Brennan
Character: Military Policeman
Veronica Clifford
Character: Velma
Mischa De La Motte
Character: Diplomat

Vernon Dobtcheff
Character: Muller
Kenneth Fortescue
Character: General Burke's Aide-de-Camp
Robert Gillespie
Character: French Officer

Peter Greenwell
Character: Pianist / Accordianiste / Leader of the Orchestra
Derek Griffiths
Character: El Puncturo
Harvey Hall
Character: Military Policeman

Gertan Klauber
Character: Donner
Stanley Lebor
Character: Blitzen
Ingo Mogendorf
Character: Captain Hamburger

Toni Palmer
Character: 1st Buttercup Girl
Patricia Quinn
Character: Magda
Linda Gray
Character: Lady Twithampton

Mike Grady
Character: Newsboy
Barrie Gosney
Character: Stage Manager
Bob Hoskins
Character: Recruiting Sergeant

Andy Bradford
Character: Dispatch Rider
Andrew McCulloch
Character: Soldier
Alan Rebbeck
Character: Winking Soldier

Bozena
Character: Frou Frou
Ian Talbot
Character: Soldier at Monique's
Parnell McGarry
Character: Fat Nurse

Leena Skoog
Character: Nurse
Delia Sainsbury
Character: 2nd Buttercup Girl
Madhav Sharma
Character: Indian Officer

Lesley Anderson
Character: Buttercup Girl
Judy Gridley
Character: Buttercup Girl
Maggie Vincent
Character: Buttercup Girl

Wendy Lukins
Character: Buttercup Girl
Nicola Rowley
Character: French Girl
Pip Miller
Character: Waiter

Liz Gold
Character: Mademoiselle from Armentieres (uncredited)
Jennifer Guy
Character: Whore (uncredited)
Victor Harrington
Character: British Officer (uncredited)

Sidney Kean
Character: Singing Soldier (uncredited)
Lorna Kilner
Character: Lady Dancing at Ball (uncredited)
Margaret Stuart
Character: Prostitute (uncredited)

John Tatham
Character: British Officer (uncredited)
Joe Wadham
Character: Ambulance Driver (uncredited)
Ron Watkins
Character: British Solider (uncredited)


Production and Crew

Eddie Braben
Screenplay
Sid Colin
Screenplay
Peter Greenwell
Original Music Composer

Beryl Vertue
Executive Producer
Seamus Flannery
Production Design

Tony Spratling
Director of Photography
Al Gell
Editor

Ned Sherrin
Producer