Up the Front

Up the Front
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Directed by	Bob Kellett
Written by	Sid Colin Eddie Braben
Produced by	Terry Glinwood Ned Sherrin Beryl Vertue
Starring	Frankie Howerd Bill Fraser Hermione Baddeley
Cinematography	Tony Spratling
Edited by	Al Gell
Music by	Peter Greenwell
Distributed by	Anglo-EMI
Release date	July 1972 (1972-07) (UK)
Running time	89 min
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Budget	£200,000[1]

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 being 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.