Up The Front (1989)
Release Date: Jul 16, 1989 Wide
Release Date: Jul 16, 1989 Wide
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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 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
Jul 16, 1989 Wide
Dec 4, 2007
Cast
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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 -
J. Philip Miller
Waiter -
Ingo Mogendorf
Capt.Hamburger -
Toni Palmer
1st Buttercup Girl -
Lance Percival
Von Gutz -
Patricia Quinn
Magda Mata Hari's maid -
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Peter Bull
Kobler -
Frankie Howerd
Lurk -
Mike Grady
Newsboy -
Stanley Lebor
Blitzen -
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Robert Gillespie
French Officer -
Derek Griffiths
El Puncturo -
Madeline Smith
Fanny -
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