Up the Front
Up the Front

Up the Front

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1972
1h 29m
4.2(16 votes)
Comedy

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.

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57 members
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Frankie Howerd

Private Lurk

Frankie Howerd
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Hermione Baddeley

Madame Monique

Hermione Baddeley
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Robert Coote

General Burke

Robert Coote
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Bill Fraser

Sergeant Major Groping

Bill Fraser
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Lance Percival

Colonel von Gutz

Lance Percival
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Dora Bryan

Auntie Cora Crumpington

Dora Bryan
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Peter Bull

General von Kobler

Peter Bull
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Jonathan Cecil

Captain Nigel Phipps-Fortescue

Jonathan Cecil
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Percy Herbert

Corporal Lovechild

Percy Herbert
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William Mervyn

Lord Twithampton

William Mervyn
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Madeline Smith

Fanny

Madeline Smith
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Stanley Holloway

The Great Vincento

Stanley Holloway
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Zsa Zsa Gabor

Mata Hari

Zsa Zsa Gabor
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David Battley

Midgeley

David Battley
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Nicholas Bennett

Mallett

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Michael Brennan

Military Policeman

Michael Brennan
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Veronica Clifford

Velma

Veronica Clifford
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Mischa De La Motte

Diplomat

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Vernon Dobtcheff

Muller

Vernon Dobtcheff
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Kenneth Fortescue

General Burke's Aide-de-Camp

Kenneth Fortescue
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Robert Gillespie

French Officer

Robert Gillespie
Sound

Peter Greenwell

Pianist / Accordianiste / Leader of the Orchestra

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Derek Griffiths

El Puncturo

Derek Griffiths
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Harvey Hall

Military Policeman

Harvey Hall
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Gertan Klauber

Donner

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Stanley Lebor

Blitzen

Stanley Lebor
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Ingo Mogendorf

Captain Hamburger

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Toni Palmer

1st Buttercup Girl

Toni Palmer
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Patricia Quinn

Magda

Patricia Quinn
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Linda Gray

Lady Twithampton

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Mike Grady

Newsboy

Mike Grady
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Barrie Gosney

Stage Manager

Barrie Gosney
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Bob Hoskins

Recruiting Sergeant

Bob Hoskins
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Andy Bradford

Dispatch Rider

Andy Bradford
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Andrew McCulloch

Soldier

Andrew McCulloch
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Alan Rebbeck

Winking Soldier

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Bozena

Frou Frou

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Ian Talbot

Soldier at Monique's

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Parnell McGarry

Fat Nurse

Parnell McGarry
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Leena Skoog

Nurse

Leena Skoog
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Delia Sainsbury

2nd Buttercup Girl

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Madhav Sharma

Indian Officer

Madhav Sharma
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Lesley Anderson

Buttercup Girl

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Judy Gridley

Buttercup Girl

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Maggie Vincent

Buttercup Girl

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Wendy Lukins

Buttercup Girl

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Nicola Rowley

French Girl

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Pip Miller

Waiter

Pip Miller
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Liz Gold

Mademoiselle from Armentieres (uncredited)

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Jennifer Guy

Whore (uncredited)

Jennifer Guy
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Victor Harrington

British Officer (uncredited)

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Sidney Kean

Singing Soldier (uncredited)

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Lorna Kilner

Lady Dancing at Ball (uncredited)

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Margaret Stuart

Prostitute (uncredited)

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John Tatham

British Officer (uncredited)

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Joe Wadham

Ambulance Driver (uncredited)

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Ron Watkins

British Solider (uncredited)

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