Up the Front is a 1972 British comedy film directed by Bob Kellett and starring Frankie Howerd, Bill Fraser, and Hermione Baddeley.

During the First World War, Lurk, a lowly servant in the household of Lord and Lady Twithampton, is hypnotised by The Great Vincento and travels to the Western Front to "save England".

After breaking into the British military headquarters to deliver the plans into the hands of General Burke, he is confronted by the sensuous German spy Mata Hari.

After foiling Mata Hari's scheme to relieve him of the plan, a hilarious scene develops in which he is pursued by the nefarious Von Gutz and his henchmen Donner and Blitzen.

[4]The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "A far cry from the quite amiable Up the Chastity Belt, this is the most threadbare offering in Frankie Howerd's series, sadly short on wit and invention.

Some beautifully designed interiors, swamped in colour, and a striking, studio-built impression of the battleground signal Seamus Flannery as an art director well worth watching.

Not even Morecambe and Wise's regular writer Eddie Braben could do anything to pep up Sid Colin's desperate script, while the lacklustre performances really merit reproach.