Up the Front
When only Frankie's cheek could save Britain from the Hun!
1972 | 89m | English
Popularity: 0.3 (history)
| Director: | Bob Kellett |
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| Writer: | Sid Colin, Eddie Braben |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Jul 14, 1972 |
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| Director: | Bob Kellett |
| Writer: | Sid Colin, Eddie Braben |
| Genres: | Comedy |
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| Production Companies | Anglo-EMI |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jan 30, 2026 Entered: Apr 27, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| 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) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Bob Kellett | Director |
| Sid Colin | Screenplay |
| Eddie Braben | Screenplay |
| Peter Greenwell | Original Music Composer |
| Tony Spratling | Director of Photography |
| Al Gell | Editor |
| Thelma Graves | Casting |
| Seamus Flannery | Production Design |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Terry Glinwood | Producer |
| Ned Sherrin | Producer |
| Beryl Vertue | Executive Producer |
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