Up the Front

• Directors: Bob Kellett; Bob Hellett
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• Genre: Comedy
• Movie Type: Farce
• Themes: Amnesia, Mistaken Identities, Nothing Goes Right
• Release Year: 1972
• Country: UK
• Run Time: 88 minutes

Plot

Zany British comedian Frankie Howerd, who'd previously laid waste to Ancient Rome in Up Pompeii, does same with World War II in Up the Front. Howerd plays a timorous servant who undergoes hypnosis. While thus entranced, he imagines himself a fearless warrior, and makes a beeline to the recruiting office. The laughs come fast and furious when Howerd finds himself the recipient of the enemy's war plans--tattooed on his tush. As was customary, Frankie Howerd took several opportunities in Up the Front to directly address the audience and crack wise about the situation at hand. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Cast

Hermione Baddeley - Monique; David Battley - Midgeley the Cook; Andrew Bradford - Despatch Rider; Michael Brennan - M.P.; Dora Bryan - Cora Crumpington; Jonathan Cecil - Nigel Phipps-Fortescue; Veronica Clifford - Velma; Robert Coote - General Burke; Vernon Dobtcheff - Muller; Kenneth Fortescue - General Burkes' ADC; Bill Fraser - Groping; Zsa Zsa Gabor - Mata Hari; Linda Gray - Lady Twithampton; Peter Greenwell - Pianist; Harvey Hall - M.P.; Percy Herbert - Cpl. Lovechild; Stanley Holloway - Vincento; Bob Hoskins - Recruiting Sergeant; Gertan Klauber - Donner; William Mervyn - Lord Twithampton; Philip Miller - Waiter; Ingo Mogendorf - Capt.Hamburger; Toni Palmer - 1st Buttercup Girl; Lance Percival - Von Gutz; Patricia Quinn - Magda, Mata Hari's maid; Ian Talbot; Peter Bull - Kobler; Frankie Howerd - Lurk; Mike Grady - Newsboy; Stanley Lebor - Blitzen; Madhav Sharma; Robert Gillespie - French Officer; Derek Griffiths - El Puncturo; Madeline Smith - Fanny; Nicholas Bennett; Dora Byran; Barrie Gosney; Vernon Dobcheff; Bozena

Credit

Bob Kellett - Director, Bob Hellett - Director, Al Gell - Editor, Beryl Vertue - Executive Producer, Peter Greenwell - Composer (Music Score), Seamus Flannery - Production Designer, Tony Spratling - Cinematographer, Terry Glinwood - Producer, Ned Sherrin - Producer, Terry Gunwood - Producer, Ned Sherain - Producer, Sid Colin - Screenwriter, Eddie Braben - Screenwriter

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