Up Pompeii (film)
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Director Bob Kellett Cinematography Ian Wilson Duration Language English | 6/10 IMDb Genre Comedy Produced by Ned Sherrin Country United Kingdom | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date 1971 Writer Sid Colin (screenplay), Talbot Rothwell (idea) Cast Frankie Howerd (Lurcio), Michael Hordern (Ludicrus Sextus), Barbara Murray (Ammonia), Patrick Cargill (Nero), Lance Percival (Bilius), Julie Ege (Voluptua)Similar movies Frankie Howerd appears in Up Pompeii and Up the Chastity Belt Tagline Join us for an ORGY of LAUGHS! | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Up pompeii
Up Pompeii is a 1971 British sex comedy film directed by Bob Kellett and starring Frankie Howerd and Michael Hordern. The film was shot at Elstree Film Studios, Borehamwood, England and is based on characters that first appeared in the British television sitcom Up Pompeii! (1969–1975).
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Plot
Lurcio (Frankie Howerd) becomes the inadvertent possessor of a scroll bearing all the names of the proposed assassins of Nero (Patrick Cargill). The conspirators need to recover the scroll fast, but it has fallen into the hands of Lurcio's master, Ludicrus Sextus (Michael Hordern), who mistakenly reads the contents of the scroll to the Senate. Farcical attempts are made to retrieve the scroll before Pompeii is eventually consumed by the erupting Vesuvius.
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Reception
The film was the 10th most popular movie at the British box office in 1971.
References
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