Frankie Howerd stars in this comedy as a lowly boot-boy who is a terrible coward. He only goes to war in 1914 after he has been hypnotised to 'save England'. With the German master plan ...
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Cast
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| Frankie Howerd | ... | Lurk | |
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Bill Fraser | ... | Groping |
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William Mervyn | ... | Lord Twithampton |
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Linda Gray | ... | Lady Twithampton |
| Jonathan Cecil | ... | Nigel / Nigel Phipps Fortescue | |
| Madeline Smith | ... | Fanny | |
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Nicholas Bennett | ... | Mallett |
| Mike Grady | ... | Newsboy | |
| Dora Bryan | ... | Cora Crumpington | |
| Stanley Holloway | ... | The Great Vincento / Vincento | |
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Veronica Clifford | ... | Velma |
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Peter Greenwell | ... | Pianist / Accordianiste / Leader Of The Orchestra |
| Barrie Gosney | ... | Stage Manager | |
| Bob Hoskins | ... | Recruiting Sgt. | |
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Lance Percival | ... | Von Gutz |
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Frankie Howerd stars in this comedy as a lowly boot-boy who is a terrible coward. He only goes to war in 1914 after he has been hypnotised to 'save England'. With the German master plan tattooed on his backside (this is the only way he could get the plan back to the British), he goes to the British headquarters, with the Germans in hot pursuit, to try and 'hand over the plans'!!! Written by Graeme Huggan <hia95gh@sheffield.ac.uk>
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Country:
UKLanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
14 July 1972 (UK) See more »Also Known As:
Kommandosache 'Nackter Po' See more »Filming Locations:
EMI-MGM Elstree Studios, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, England, UKCompany Credits
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Lurk: [recoiling] I wish you'd take yours away!
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(Title Song) (uncredited)
Music by Peter Greenwell
Lyrics by Sid Colin and Ned Sherrin (uncredited)
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Apart from Frankie Howard, Lance Percival, Derek Griffith and Bill Fraser also appeared in all three "up" films. See more »Goofs
After the motorcycle with a side car drops off Lurk, it sprays him with mud all over. Next shot the amount of mud on his uniform is less and his face is clean. See more »Quotes
Vincento: [drunkenly] I will take your breath away.Lurk: [recoiling] I wish you'd take yours away!
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At the end of the film the cast credits are listed as 'cast in order of cowardice'. See more »Soundtracks
Up The Front(Title Song) (uncredited)
Music by Peter Greenwell
Lyrics by Sid Colin and Ned Sherrin (uncredited)
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I read in the "Radio Times" magazine that this film was a WW1 comedy starring comedian Frankie Howerd, I thought it would be very funny, so I decided to sit up and watch it.
Frankie Howerd had just finished playing the slave Lurcio in the comedy series "Up Pompeii", which I thought was very successful. I thought this film would have his usual humor and some good jokes.
Unfortunatly, when it came to watching it, I was very disapointed. It totally wastes Frankie Howerd's comedy talent and even the performance by Zsa Zsa Gabor as Mata Hari couldn't save this.
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