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Up Pompeii is a 1971 British sex comedy film directed by Bob Kellett and starring Frankie Howerd and Michael Hordern. 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).
A movie version of a once popular TV series (which I never saw), UP POMPEII is a bawdy spoof of the Roman costume drama. Howerd plays Lurcio, a slave who finds himself being chased by various ne'er do wells after a mix up involving a cucumber and a scroll (no, I'm not making this up).
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 to total uproar. Bob Kellett. Director. Sid Colin.
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.
Up Pompeii R 1971 1h 30m Comedy List Reviews 41% Audience Score 50+ Ratings An unwitting Roman slave (Frankie Howerd) has the scroll that lists plotters against Emperor Nero (Patrick Cargill).
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- Frankie Howerd
Synopsis. Roman slave Lurkio inadvertently becomes the possessor of a scroll naming the proposed assassins of the Emperor Nero. Administering to the participants of his master's orgy guests seems small compared to the trouble the scroll brings - but all are in for a nasty shock when Mount Vesuvius decides to erupt.
Frankie Howerd plays Lurcio, lurking at the rent-a-girl stall in Pompeii market place. He quarrels with the cheeky Captain Bilius, who leaves him holding a mysterious scroll.
