Up Pompeii. Image shows from L to R: Ammonia (Barbara Murray), Lurcio (Frankie Howerd), Ludicrus Sextus (Michael Hordern). Copyright: Associated London Films Limited

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.

Video clips

Frankie Howerd - Up Pompeii

Theme song for the feature film Up Pompeii, starring and sung by Frankie Howerd.

Sauna Scene

Lurcio enters the steam baths, on his mission to kill Prosperus Maximus.

An Ode To Flavia

Nausius has fallen in love with Flavia, and seeks counsel from Lurcio upon the course to romantic conquest.