Movie Poster

Up the Front ( 1972 )

"When only Frankie's cheek could save Britain from the Hun!"

★4.2 /10 _(16.0)

89 min ● Jul 14, 1972 ● English

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.

Top Cast

Frankie Howerd

Private Lurk

Hermione Baddeley

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

Stanley Holloway

The Great Vincento

Zsa Zsa Gabor

Mata Hari

David Battley

Midgeley

Nicholas Bennett

Nicholas Bennett

Mallett

Michael Brennan

Michael Brennan

Member of Parliament

Veronica Clifford

Veronica Clifford

Velma

Mischa De La Motte

Mischa De La Motte

Diplomat

Vernon Dobtcheff

Vernon Dobtcheff

Muller

Kenneth Fortescue

Kenneth Fortescue

General Burke's Aide-de-Camp

Robert Gillespie

Robert Gillespie

French Officer

Peter Greenwell

Peter Greenwell

Pianist / Accordianiste / Leader of the Orchestra

Derek Griffiths

Derek Griffiths

El Puncturo

Harvey Hall

Member of Parliament

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

Andrew McCulloch

Soldier

Alan Rebbeck

Winking Soldier

Bozena

Frou Frou

Ian Talbot

Soldier at Monique's

Parnell McGarry

Parnell McGarry

Fat Nurse

Leena Skoog

Nurse

Delia Sainsbury

Delia Sainsbury

2nd Buttercup Girl

Madhav Sharma

Indian Officer

Lesley Anderson

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

Victor Harrington

British Officer (uncredited)

Sidney Kean

Singing Soldier (uncredited)

Lorna Kilner

Lady Dancing at Ball (uncredited)

Margaret Stuart

Margaret Stuart

Prostitute (uncredited)

John Tatham

British Officer (uncredited)

Joe Wadham

Ambulance Driver (uncredited)

Ron Watkins

British Solider (uncredited)