Up the Front
14/07/1972
1h 29m



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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.
Cast


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
Nicholas Bennett
Mallett


Michael Brennan
Military Policeman


Veronica Clifford
Velma
Mischa De La Motte
Diplomat


Vernon Dobtcheff
Muller


Kenneth Fortescue
General Burke's Aide-de-Camp


Robert Gillespie
French Officer
Peter Greenwell
Pianist / Accordianiste / Leader of the Orchestra


Derek Griffiths
El Puncturo


Harvey Hall
Military Policeman


Gertan Klauber
Donner


Stanley Lebor
Blitzen


Ingo Mogendorf
Captain Hamburger


Toni Palmer
1st Buttercup Girl


Patricia Quinn
Magda
Linda Gray
Lady Twithampton


Mike Grady
Newsboy


Barrie Gosney
Stage Manager


Bob Hoskins
Recruiting Sergeant


Andy Bradford
Dispatch Rider


Andrew McCulloch
Soldier
Alan Rebbeck
Winking Soldier
Bozena
Frou Frou
Ian Talbot
Soldier at Monique's


Parnell McGarry
Fat Nurse


Leena Skoog
Nurse
Delia Sainsbury
2nd Buttercup Girl


Madhav Sharma
Indian Officer
Lesley Anderson
Buttercup Girl
Judy Gridley
Buttercup Girl
Maggie Vincent
Buttercup Girl
Wendy Lukins
Buttercup Girl
Nicola Rowley
French Girl


Pip Miller
Waiter
Liz Gold
Mademoiselle from Armentieres (uncredited)


Jennifer Guy
Whore (uncredited)
Victor Harrington
British Officer (uncredited)


Sidney Kean
Singing Soldier (uncredited)
Lorna Kilner
Lady Dancing at Ball (uncredited)
Margaret Stuart
Prostitute (uncredited)
John Tatham
British Officer (uncredited)
Joe Wadham
Ambulance Driver (uncredited)
Ron Watkins
British Solider (uncredited)
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