Movie: Further Up Pompeii

Top 10 Billed Cast

Frankie Howerd
Frankie Howerd

Lurcio

Mark Dignam
Mark Dignam

Ludicrus Sextus

Elizabeth Larner
Elizabeth Larner

Ammonia

Kerry Gardner
Kerry Gardner

Nausius

Jennifer Lonsdale
Jennifer Lonsdale

Erotica

Jeanne Mockford
Jeanne Mockford

Senna the soothsayer

John Cater
John Cater

Pollux

Leon Greene
Leon Greene

Prodigius

Olwen Griffiths
Olwen Griffiths

Hernia

Cyril Appleton
Cyril Appleton

Cyril Appleton

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    A BBC TV comedy movie about the people living in Pompeii prior to its destruction by volcano, focusing on the life of a house slave (played by Frankie Howerd). A sort of prequel to the 1971 movie "Up Pompeii"

  • Release Date

    1975-03-31

  • Average

    7.6

  • Rating:

    3.8 starts
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  • Languages:

    English
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