Up the Front
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Up the Front was a 1972 comedy film starring comedian Frankie Howerd. The film was the last spin-off production made following success of the television series Up Pompeii!, and the final entry of an unofficial trilogy of films with the film adaptation of Up Pompeii! and Up the Chastity Belt.
Much like its predecessors, Up the Front was used purely as a vehicle for lowbrow toilet humour common among the anarchic filmmakers of the time.
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Plot
The film takes place during the First World War, when butler Lurk (Howerd) is recruited to fight on the Western Front. During an espionage mission, Lurk somehow ends up with a detailed map of the front tatooed to his posterior, and must now attempt to return to his commanders in chief with the details before he can be captured by the officers of the German Empire.
Cast
- Frankie Howerd ... Lurk
- Bill Fraser ... Groping
- William Mervyn ... Lord Twithampton
- Linda Gray ... Lady Twithampton
- Jonathan Cecil ... Nigel Phipps-Fortescue
- Madeline Smith ... Fanny
- Nicholas Bennett ... Mallett
- Mike Grady ... Newsboy
- Dora Bryan ... Cora Crumpington
- Stanley Holloway ... The Great Vincento
- Veronica Clifford ... Velma
- Peter Greenwell ... Pianist
- Barrie Gosney ... Stage Manager
- Bob Hoskins ... Recruiting Sergeant
- Lance Percival ... Von Gutz
