Up Pompeii
- 1971 film
Classic British farce in which Roman slave Lurcio unwittingly gains possession of a list of people who are conspiring to bring down the Emperor Nero. Stars Frankie Howerd, Patrick Cargill, Bill Fraser, Michael Hordern, Barbara Murray and more.
Key details
- Genre
- Film
- Released
- 1971
- Creator
- Talbot Rothwell
- Stars
- Frankie Howerd, Patrick Cargill, Bill Fraser, Michael Hordern, Barbara Murray, Lance Percival, Adrienne Posta, Bernard Bresslaw and more
- Writer
- Sid Colin
- Director
- Bob Kellett
- Producers
- Ned Sherrin and Beryl Vertue
- Company
After a chance encounter in the market, slave Lurcio is sucked into a webb of deceit and intrigue as Prosperus Maximus and a band of followers plot to assassinate Emperor Nero.
When he unwittingly becomes holder of a list of their names, the would-be assassins resolve to dispatch both him and his master, Ludicrus Sextus. The plotters, however, reckon without the smarts and hapless luck of the slave, and miscalculate the effect of his master's honesty.
Soon Lurcio is under the employ of Nero himself, who is well aware of the plot - but he's not all he seems, and the gods are none best pleased at the Pompeii inhabitants' actions...
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Additional details
- Part of
- UK certificate
- AA
- Duration
- 90 minutes
- UK release
- Tuesday 9th March 1971
- Distributors
- Production
- Studio
- Camera set-up
- Single camera
- Picture
- Colour
- Soundtrack
- The title song was written by Ken Howard and Alan Blaikely, with all other music composed and conducted by Carl Davis.
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Broadcast details
- Most recent repeats
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- Saturday 12th April 2025 at 11:05pm on TPTV
- Sunday 12th January 2025 at 9:55pm on TPTV
- Wednesday 1st January 2025 at 9:05pm on TPTV
Recording details
- EMI-MGM Elstree Studios