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Up the Front

4.419721h 29mPGMovieComedy

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…

DirectorBob Kellett
WritersSid Colin·Eddie Braben
ProducersNed Sherrin·Beryl Vertue

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Cast · Directed by Bob Kellett

FHFrankie Howerd
Frankie Howerd
Private Lurk
HBHermione Baddeley
Hermione Baddeley
Madame Monique
RCRobert Coote
Robert Coote
General Burke
BFBill Fraser
Bill Fraser
Sergeant Major Groping
LPLance Percival
Lance Percival
Colonel von Gutz
DBDora Bryan
Dora Bryan
Auntie Cora Crumpington
PBPeter Bull
Peter Bull
General von Kobler
JCJonathan Cecil
Jonathan Cecil
Captain Nigel Phipps-Fortescue
PHPercy Herbert
Percy Herbert
Corporal Lovechild
WMWilliam Mervyn
William Mervyn
Lord Twithampton
MSMadeline Smith
Madeline Smith
Fanny
SHStanley Holloway
Stanley Holloway
The Great Vincento

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