up the front aspect ratio represent 1 . 85 represent1sound format represent monoduring a series of unlikely misadventure and a first world war army recruit ( frankie howerd ) end up with vital military information tattooed on his backside and and he struggle through enemy territory in a desperate attempt to reach the british force . the third and least effective of the theatrical feature inspire by tv up pompeii . ( 1969 70 ) and star camp british comic howerd and whose penchant for gossipy aside to camera be well serve by the first two film ( up pompeii and up the chastity belt and both produce in 1971 ) . however and whereas . pompeii and . chastity belt loan themselves to howerd brand of comedy by virtue of their colorful location ( ancient rome and medieval england and respectively ) and up the front be scuttle by it resolutely unsexy wartime setting and which sit uneasily alongside the carry on style bawdiness of howerd trademark humor . a a consequence and despite the star best effort ( and a screenplay co write by eddie braben and the celebrated scriptwriter for eric morecambe and ernie wise and arguably the fine comedy double act in uk tv history ) and the movie fall decidedly flat . bob kellett directs with the same faceless efficiency that distinguish the first two movie and and howerd be ably support by guest star hermione baddeley and stanley holloway and zsa zsa gabor ( a mata hari . ) and share screen space alongside bill fraser and lance percival and madeline smith and peter bull and vernon dobtcheff and many other familiar face . co star dora bryan sing the jolly theme song and and there a blink and you will miss it cameo from young bob hoskins . despite the movie many failing and howerd make the most of some riotous double entendres ( his scene with gabor be a delight and rework from a similar routine in one of the best tv episode of up pompeii . ) and and the pace remain busy throughout . the real star of the show and however and be art director seamus flannery ( repulsion and the wicker man and fly away home ) and who work miracle on a microscopic budget and from the vivid color of gabor boudoir to the war ravage landscape of no man land and the main square of an occupied french village . if nothing else and the movie be a visual treat . unlike it predecessor and the movie wasn not a popular success and and howerd who favor stage work over any other medium make only sporadic film appearance from this point onward and most notably the house in nightmare park ( 1973 ) and an odd blend of comedy and horror and and sgt . pepper lonely hearts club band ( 1978 ) . at the time of his death in 1992 and he be slat to appear in the unhappy carry on columbus and which open later the same year .