Up the Front

Up the Front

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  • Genre(s): Comedy
  • Language(s): English
  • Director(s): Bob Kellett
  • Cast(s): Frankie Howerd, Hermione Baddeley, Robert Coote, Bill Fraser, Lance Percival See all Cast & Crew
  • Duration: 1h 29min
  • Music: Peter Greenwell
  • Similar To: One Battle After Another, Relationship Goals
  • Story:
    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.
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STORY

Story
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.

TRIVIA AND POPULAR DIALOGUES

Trivia

Apart from Frankie Howard, Lance Percival is the only other actor to appear in all three "up" films.

Debut cinema movie of actor Bob Hoskins.

When Lurk is trying to write a poem, there are two literary references. He parodies "The Soldier" by Rupert Brooke and mentions the novel, "All Quiet on the Western Front", by Erich Maria Remarque.

Frankie Howerd's characters in the three "Up..." movies all have similar names. Howerd is Lurcio in Up Pompeii (1971), Lurkalot in The Chastity Belt (1972) and Lurk in Up the Front (1972).

Frankie Howerd also starred in two other cinema movies with the word "Up" in the title separate from this series which included Up Pompeii (1971) and The Chastity Belt (1972). The other unrelated "Up" films were Further Up the Creek (1958) and Carry on Up the Jungle (1970).

Popular Dialogues

"Vincento: [drunkenly] I will take your breath away. Lurk: [recoiling] I wish you'd take yours away!"