| I Only Arsked! | |
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| Directed by | Montgomery Tully |
| Screenplay by | Sid Colin Jack Davies |
| Produced by | Anthony Hinds |
| Starring | Bernard Bresslaw Michael Medwin Alfie Bass |
| Cinematography | Lionel Banes |
| Edited by | James Needs Alfred Cox |
| Music by | Benjamin Frankel |
Production companies | |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures Corporation(UK) |
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Running time | 82 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
I Only Arsked! is a 1958 Britishcomedy film directed byMontgomery Tully and starringBernard Bresslaw,Michael Medwin andAlfie Bass.[1] The screenplay was bySid Colin andJack Davies based on the television seriesThe Army Game (1957–1961). It was made byHammer Films.
Slapstick ensues when inept armyrecruits are transferred to a post in theMiddle East.
According toKinematograph Weekly the film performed "better than average" at the British box office in 1959.[2]
The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "Two acid take-offs of memorable scenes inBridge 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 inI Only Arsked! will perhaps best be appreciated by fans of the original series."[4]
TV Guide noted "An enjoyable British slapstick comedy."[5]
InBritish Sound Films: The Studio Years 1928–1959David Quinlan rated the film as "average", writing: "Hit TV series goes east to mix satire with slapstick."[6]
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