Up the Front (1972) on Netflix
Lurk, a servant to Lord Twithampton, is a terrible coward who dodges the call-up. Hypnotized into bravery by the drunken hypnotist The Great Vincento, he sets off to save England.
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Plot summary
Lurk works as a lowly boot-boy for Lord and Lady Twithampton, and he is a terrible coward who dodges the call-up in 1914. One evening a hypnotist who has had too much to drink, The Great Vincento, puts him under a spell of bravery and cannot release him from it. Freed of his fear, Lurk presents himself at the army office and is sent toward the Western Front with the task of saving England. He is a descendant of Lurcio, the slave of Up Pompeii!, and Fanny is the woman he loves.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Up the Front (1972)
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- Bob Hoskins can be seen only briefly in the film, but that short appearance represents the mainstream debut of the actor.
