Further Up Pompeii

1975 · 44 MIN · IMDB 7.7 · 70 VOTES · DIR. David Croft

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Overview

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"

Comedy1970s

Dialogue Timeline — 859 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:11 (LAUGHTER AND SCREECHING)
00:01:53 now that he's president of the Clean-up Pompeii Committee.
00:03:45 The... Oh, cold!
00:05:43 Now, where was we? Yes. The prologue.
00:07:33 But I have only one, you know.
00:09:15 And he's never, erm... How can one put it?
00:10:57 Look, I tell you what. Go to the apothecary
00:12:42 -Most distressing. -Oh, there, there, there.
00:14:07 -with the rather large... -Gladiator with the rather large...?
00:15:39 Yes, yes.
00:17:15 Ah, sweet.
00:19:08 -There. Yes, young master. That's all right. -I'm sorry, Lurcio.
00:20:49 That'll be 10 drachmas.
00:22:53 And she knew all the Angles...
00:24:47 Sweet. Now, I must go and warn my mistress he's here in the house.
00:26:28 ...or you will surely perish!
00:28:21 -Oh, Lurcio. -What?
00:30:12 -Quickly, get out of here. -Yes, where is he?
00:32:20 I don't know what's come over me, Lurcio. I feel most peculiar.
00:34:08 I've just lulled him to sleep, as you said.
00:36:06 ...loving.
00:37:44 Don't snore when I'm trying to explain the plot.
00:39:37 Foul ends? Oh, I don't like foul ends.
00:41:26 Oh, I will indeed, Ammonia. I will.

Cast & Characters

Frankie Howerd Lurcio Mark Dignam Ludicrus Sextus Elizabeth Larner Ammonia Kerry Gardner Nausius Jennifer Lonsdale Erotica Jeanne Mockford Senna the Soothsayer John Cater Pollux Leon Greene Prodigius Olwen Griffiths Hernia Cyril Appleton Claudius

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed859
Dialogue density19.5 lines / min
First line00:00:11
Final line00:41:26

Production Record

DirectorDavid Croft
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes70