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  1. 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).

  2. Frankie Howerd suffering from bad toupee displacement.

  3. 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).

  4. 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.

  5. 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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  6. 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...

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  8. Up Pompeii 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.