Up The Front (1989)

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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… More 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, Rovi

Rating, Runtime: Unrated, 1 hr. 28 min.
Directed By: Bob Kellett
Genres: Classics, Comedy

In Theaters: Jul 16, 1989 Wide
On DVD: Dec 4, 2007

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Cast

            Hermione Baddeley as Monique

            David Battley as Midgeley the Cook

            Andrew Bradford as Despatch Rider

            Michael Brennan as M.P.

            Dora Bryan as Cora Crumpington

            Jonathan Cecil as Nigel Phipps-Fortescue

            Veronica Clifford as Velma

            Robert Coote as General Burke

            Vernon Dobtcheff as Muller

            Kenneth Fortescue as General Burkes' ADC

            Bill Fraser as Groping

            Zsa Zsa Gabor as Mata Hari

            Linda Gray as Lady Twithampton

            Peter Greenwell as Pianist

            Harvey Hall as M.P.

            Percy Herbert as Cpl. Lovechild

            Stanley Holloway as Vincento

            Bob Hoskins as Recruiting Sergeant

            Gertan Klauber as Donner

            William Mervyn as Lord Twithampton

            J. Philip Miller as Waiter

            Ingo Mogendorf as Capt.Hamburger

            Toni Palmer as 1st Buttercup Girl

            Lance Percival as Von Gutz

            Patricia Quinn as Magda Mata Hari's maid

            Ian Talbot
            
            Peter Bull as Kobler

            Frankie Howerd as Lurk

            Mike Grady as Newsboy

            Stanley Lebor as Blitzen

            Madhav Sharma
            
            Robert Gillespie as French Officer

            Derek Griffiths as El Puncturo

            Madeline Smith as Fanny

            Nicholas Bennett
            
            Dora Byran
            
            Barrie Gosney
            
            Vernon Dobcheff
            
            Bozena
            
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