I Only Arsked!
1958 British film by Montgomery Tully
- 11 November 1958 (1958-11-11) (London, UK)
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I Only Arsked! is a 1958 British comedy film directed by Montgomery Tully and starring Bernard Bresslaw, Michael Medwin and Alfie Bass.[1] It was based on the television series The Army Game and was made by Hammer Films.
Plot
Slapstick ensues when inept army recruits are transferred to a post in the Middle East.
Cast
- Bernard Bresslaw as Private "Popeye" Popplewell
- Michael Medwin as Corporal Springer
- Alfie Bass as Private "Excused Boots" Bisley
- Geoffrey Sumner as Major Upshott-Bagley
- Charles Hawtrey as Private "Professor" Hatchett
- Norman Rossington as Private "Cupcake" Cook
- David Lodge as Sergeant "Potty" Chambers
- Arthur Howard as Sir Redvers
- Marne Maitland as King Fazim
- Michael Bentine as Fred
- Francis Matthews as Mahmoud
- Michael Ripper as Azim
- Wolfe Morris as Salaman
- Ewan MacDuff as Ferrers
- Claire Gordon as harem girl
- Marie Devereux as harem girl
Reception
Box office
According to Kinematograph Weekly the film performed "better than average" at the British box office in 1959.[2]
Critical
The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "Two acid take-offs of memorable scenes in Bridge on the River Kwai and a few moments of communal insanity from the five practised actors who take the brunt of the action are the highlights of this modest and relaxed army lark. There is no departure here from the tradition of service farces, except that some, at least, of its humour is composed of private jokes inherited from the TV programme from which the idea was taken."[3]
Allmovie wrote, "The level of humour in I Only Arsked! will perhaps best be appreciated by fans of the original series";[4] while TV Guide noted "An enjoyable British slapstick comedy."[5]
References
- ^ "I Only Arsked!". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
- ^ Billings, Josh (17 December 1959). "Other better-than-average offerings". Kinematograph Weekly. p. 7.
- ^ "I Only Arsked!". The Monthly Film Bulletin. 25 (288): 156. 1 January 1958 – via ProQuest.
- ^ "I Only Asked! (1958) - Montgomery Tully - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related - AllMovie".
- ^ "I Only Arsked!". TV Guide.
External links
- I Only Arsked! at IMDb
- I Only Arsked! then-and-now location photographs at ReelStreets
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Films directed by Montgomery Tully
- Murder in Reverse (1945)
- Spring Song (1946)
- Mrs. Fitzherbert (1947)
- Boys in Brown (1949)
- A Tale of Five Cities (1951)
- Girdle of Gold (1952)
- Small Town Story (1953)
- 36 Hours (1953)
- The Diamond (1954)
- Five Days (1954)
- Devil's Point (1954)
- The Glass Cage (1955)
- Dial 999 (1955)
- The Counterfeit Plan (1957)
- No Road Back (1957)
- The Key Man (1957)
- The Hypnotist (1957)
- Man in the Shadow (1957)
- The Diplomatic Corpse (1958)
- Escapement (1958)
- The Strange Awakening (1958)
- The Long Knife (1958)
- Man with a Gun (1958)
- I Only Arsked! (1958)
- Man Accused (1959)
- The Price of Silence (1960)
- Jackpot (1960)
- Dead Lucky (1960)
- The House in Marsh Road (1960)
- Two Wives at One Wedding (1961)
- The Third Alibi (1961)
- Middle Course (1961)
- She Knows Y'Know (1962)
- Out of the Fog (1962)
- Clash by Night (1963)
- Master Spy (1964)
- Who Killed the Cat? (1966)
- The Terrornauts (1967)
- Battle Beneath the Earth (1967)
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