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English. Budget. £200,000 [ 1] Up Pompeii is a 1971 British sex comedy film directed by Bob Kellett and starring Frankie Howerd and Michael Hordern. [ 2] It was written by Sid Colin based on an idea by Talbot Rothwell . It is based on characters that first appeared in the British television sitcom Up Pompeii! (1969–1975).
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26 October 1970. ( 1970-10-26) Up Pompeii! is a British...
- Up Pompeii
26 October 1970. ( 1970-10-26) Up Pompeii! is a British television comedy series set in ancient Pompeii and broadcast between 1969 and 1970, starring Frankie Howerd. The first series was written by Talbot Rothwell, a scriptwriter for the Carry On films, and the second series by Rothwell and Sid Colin. Two later specials were transmitted in 1975 ...
Build 3fc55b6 (7699) A funny thing happens to Lurcio (Frankie Howerd) on the way to the rent-a-vestal-virgin market stall. A mysterious scroll falls into his hands, listing the names of all the conspirators plotting to murder Emperor Nero. And when the upstart slave is elected to infiltrate the ringleader's den, the comical ups-and-downs lead ...
Up Pompeii!: With Frankie Howerd, Elizabeth Larner, Kerry Gardner, Jeanne Mockford. Lurcio is a much-put-upon slave in the ancient Roman town of Pompeii. More often than not, Lurcio finds himself keeping his owner's family members apart, in order to keep them together.
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- 1969-09-01
- Comedy, History
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Up Pompeii! 1 9 6 9 – 1 9 7 0 (UK) 13 x 30 minute episodes. Ooo-er, missus! Despite his many successes as a stand-up comic, both in his own series and as a guest in variety shows, it is with this relatively short-running comedy that Frankie Howerd made his greatest impact upon the British public, a sitcom in which he was cast as a Roman slave ...
Up Pompeii. 1971 film; Classic British farce in which Roman slave Lurcio unwittingly gains possession of a list of people who are conspiring to bring down the Emperor Nero. Stars Frankie Howerd, Patrick Cargill, Bill Fraser, Michael Hordern, Barbara Murray and more.
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1971 United Kingdom Directed by Bob Kellett Produced by Ned Sherrin Written by Sid Colin Featuring Frankie Howerd, Patrick Cargill, Bill Fraser
