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Up the Front

Up the Front

Comedy

1h 29m

July 14, 1972 (53 years ago)

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.

ActorAge thenAge now
Frankie Howerd

Frankie Howerd

Private Lurk

Birthday: March 6, 1917

55 April 19, 1992 (75)
Hermione Baddeley

Hermione Baddeley

Madame Monique

Birthday: November 13, 1906

65 August 19, 1986 (79)
Robert Coote

Robert Coote

General Burke

Birthday: February 4, 1909

63 November 26, 1982 (73)
Bill Fraser

Bill Fraser

Sergeant Major Groping

Birthday: June 5, 1908

64 September 5, 1987 (79)
Lance Percival

Lance Percival

Colonel von Gutz

Birthday: July 26, 1933

38 January 6, 2015 (81)
Dora Bryan

Dora Bryan

Auntie Cora Crumpington

Birthday: February 7, 1923

49 July 23, 2014 (91)
Peter Bull

Peter Bull

General von Kobler

Birthday: March 21, 1912

60 May 20, 1984 (72)
Jonathan Cecil

Jonathan Cecil

Captain Nigel Phipps-Fortescue

Birthday: February 22, 1939

33 September 22, 2011 (72)
Percy Herbert

Percy Herbert

Corporal Lovechild

Birthday: July 31, 1920

51 December 6, 1992 (72)
William Mervyn

William Mervyn

Lord Twithampton

Birthday: January 3, 1912

60 August 6, 1976 (64)