Comedy

Up Pompeii

- Join us for an ORGY of LAUGHS!

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 to total uproar.

Release Date : 1971-03-11

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Anglo-EMIAssociated London Films

Production Country : United Kingdom

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Lurcio

Original Name : Frankie Howerd

Gender : Male

Character Name : Ludicrus Sextus

Original Name : Michael Hordern

Gender : Male

Character Name : Ammonia

Original Name : Barbara Murray

Gender : Female

Character Name : Nero

Original Name : Patrick Cargill

Gender : Male

Character Name : Bilius

Original Name : Lance Percival

Gender : Male

Character Name : Voluptua

Original Name : Julie Ege

Gender : Female

Character Name : Prosperus Maximus

Original Name : Bill Fraser

Gender : Male

Character Name : Cassandra

Original Name : Rita Webb

Gender : Female

Character Name : Gorgo

Original Name : Bernard Bresslaw

Gender : Male

Character Name : Scrubba

Original Name : Adrienne Posta

Gender : Female

Character Name : Erotica

Original Name : Madeline Smith

Gender : Female

Character Name : Nausius

Original Name : Royce Mills

Gender : Male

Character Name : Odius

Original Name : Ian Trigger

Gender : Male

Character Name : Villanus

Original Name : Aubrey Woods

Gender : Male

Character Name : Priest

Original Name : Hugh Paddick

Gender : Male

Character Name : Nero's M.C.

Original Name : Roy Hudd

Gender : Male

Character Name : Flavia

Original Name : Laraine Humphrys

Gender : Female

Character Name : Fat Bather

Original Name : George Woodbridge

Gender : Male

Character Name : Steam Slave

Original Name : Derek Griffiths

Gender : Male

Character Name : Major Domo

Original Name : Barrie Gosney

Gender : Male

Character Name : Boobia

Original Name : Veronica Clifford

Gender : Female

Character Name : Biggia

Original Name : Gaye Brown

Gender : Female

Character Name : Christian

Original Name : Kenneth Cranham

Gender : Male

Character Name : Christian

Original Name : Andy Forray

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jailer

Original Name : Russell Hunter

Gender : Male

Character Name : Plumpa

Original Name : Irlin Hall

Gender : Male

Character Name : Procuria

Original Name : Lally Bowers

Gender : Female

Character Name : Vinus

Original Name : Ken Wynne

Gender : Male

Character Name : Satyr

Original Name : Mischa De La Motte

Gender : Male

Character Name : Rumpus

Original Name : Kenny Rodway

Gender : Male

Character Name : Noxius

Original Name : Robert Tayman

Gender : Male

Character Name : Prodigious

Original Name : Billy Walker

Gender : Male

Character Name : Handsome Man

Original Name : Warwick Sims

Gender : Male

Character Name : Girl Bather (uncredited)

Original Name : Samantha Bond

Gender : Female

Character Name : Stone Girl (uncredited)

Original Name : Candace Glendenning

Gender : Female

Reviews

dennyjt

@dennyjt

2022-07-29

Movie spin-off from the popular TV series with Howerd repeating his role as the hapless slave involved in farcial goings-on. Packed with double entendres, the script gives full rein to Howerd's brand of mockery, with frequent breaking of the fourth wall, made when he was the most popular UK comic. The cheerfully cheap looking set is hardly expanded from the original while the plot is similarly loose. Howerd provokes the ire of Roman officer Percival who pursues him throughout the movie, including when his owners, Horden and Murray, throw a lascivious orgy, filled with naked flesh. Fraser has organised the assassination of fey Emperor Nero (Cargill) which Howerd proceeds to disrupt. It all ends with the volcano killing everybody! The decorous female cast is definitely a plus, with Smith as Erotica a standout in more ways than one. The beauteous Ege has little to do, but looks so good it hardly matters. Made when many British TV shows were turned into features, this is still a fun watch.