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Up Pompeii is a British film of genre Comedy released in USA on 1 january 1971 with Frankie Howerd
Up Pompeii (1971)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 1 january 1971
Length 1h30
OriginUnited-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Themes Films set in Africa
Rating59%
Up Pompeii is a 1971 British comedy film directed by Bob Kellett and starring Frankie Howerd and Michael Hordern. The film was shot at Elstree Film Studios, Borehamwood, England. The film is based on characters that first appeared in the British television sitcom Up Pompeii! (1969–1975).
Synopsis
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.Actors
Frankie Howerd
(Lurcio)
Michael Hordern
(Ludicrus Sextus)
Barbara Murray
(Ammonia)
Patrick Cargill
(Nero)
Lance Percival
(Bilius)
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