Up the Front (1972)

Directed by

Bob Kellett

Genre

war film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 29m

Rated

PG

Rating

4.4 of 10 from 17 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This is a comedy set during World War One. A cowardly man is hypnotized into becoming brave. It is a spin-off from the Up Pompeii television series.

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What happens

Up the Front is a 1972 British comedy film directed by Bob Kellett and starring Frankie Howerd, Bill Fraser, and Hermione Baddeley. It was written by Sid Colin and Eddie Braben. Set during the First World War, it is the third film spin-off from the television series Up Pompeii!. The previous films were Up Pompeii (1971), set, like the TV series, in the Roman era, and Up the Chastity Belt (1971), set in the Middle Ages. The plot concerns Lurk (a descendant of the slave Lurcio in Up Pompeii), a coward who is hypnotised into bravery. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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