Up the Front (1972)
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Zany British comedian Frankie Howerd, who'd previously laid waste to Ancient Rome in Up Pompeii, does same with World War II in Up the Front. Howerd plays a timorous servant who undergoes hypnosis. While thus entranced, he imagines himself a fearless warrior, and makes a beeline to the recruiting office. The laughs come fast and furious when Howerd finds himself the recipient of the enemy's war plans--tattooed on his tush. As was customary, Frankie Howerd took several opportunities in Up the Front to directly address the audience and crack wise about the situation at hand. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Director(s):
- Bob Kellett, Bob Hellett, (more)
- Format(s):
- DVD
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Synopsis of Up the Front
Zany British comedian Frankie Howerd, who'd previously laid waste to Ancient Rome in Up Pompeii, does same with World War II in Up the Front. Howerd plays a timorous servant who undergoes hypnosis. While thus entranced, he imagines himself a fearless warrior, and makes a beeline to the recruiting office. The laughs come fast and furious when Howerd finds himself the recipient of the enemy's war plans--tattooed on his tush. As was customary, Frankie Howerd took several opportunities in Up the Front to directly address the audience and crack wise about the situation at hand. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 85 mins
Complete Cast of Up the Front
- Hermione Baddeley - Monique
- Andrew Bradford - Despatch Rider
- Dora Bryan - Cora Crumpington
- Veronica Clifford - Velma
- Vernon Dobtcheff - Muller
- Bill Fraser - Groping
- Linda Gray - Lady Twithampton
- Harvey Hall - M.P.
- Stanley Holloway - Vincento
- Gertan Klauber - Donner
- Philip Miller - Waiter
- Toni Palmer - 1st Buttercup Girl
- Patricia Quinn - Magda, Mata Hari's maid
- Peter Bull - Kobler
- Mike Grady - Newsboy
- Madhav Sharma
- Derek Griffiths - El Puncturo
- Nicholas Bennett
- Barrie Gosney
- Bozena
- David Battley - Midgeley the Cook
- Michael Brennan - M.P.
- Jonathan Cecil - Nigel Phipps-Fortescue
- Robert Coote - General Burke
- Kenneth Fortescue - General Burkes' ADC
- Zsa Zsa Gabor - Mata Hari
- Peter Greenwell - Pianist
- Percy Herbert - Cpl. Lovechild
- Bob Hoskins - Recruiting Sergeant
- William Mervyn - Lord Twithampton
- Ingo Mogendorf - Capt.Hamburger
- Lance Percival - Von Gutz
- Ian Talbot
- Frankie Howerd - Lurk
- Stanley Lebor - Blitzen
- Robert Gillespie - French Officer
- Madeline Smith - Fanny
- Dora Byran
- Vernon Dobcheff
- Director(s):
- Bob Hellett, Bob Kellett
- Writer(s):
- Sid Colin, Eddie Braben
- Producer(s):
- Ned Sherain, Ned Sherrin, Terry Gunwood
- Categories:
- Comedy
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