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I Only Arsked!

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I Only Arsked!
British quad poster
Directed byMontgomery Tully
Screenplay bySid Colin
Jack Davies
Produced byAnthony Hinds
StarringBernard Bresslaw
Michael Medwin
Alfie Bass
CinematographyLionel Banes
Edited byJames Needs
Alfred Cox
Music byBenjamin Frankel
Production
companies
Distributed byColumbia Pictures Corporation (UK)
Release dates
  • 11 November 1958 (1958-11-11) (London, UK)
Running time
82 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

I Only Arsked! is a 1958 British comedy film directed by Montgomery Tully and starring Bernard Bresslaw, Michael Medwin and Alfie Bass.[1] The screenplay was by Sid Colin and Jack Davies based on the television series The Army Game (1957–1961) and was made by Hammer Films.

Plot

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Slapstick ensues when inept army recruits are transferred to a post in the Middle East.

Cast

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Reception

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Box office

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According to Kinematograph Weekly the film performed "better than average" at the British box office in 1959.[2]

Critical

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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

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  1. ^ "I Only Arsked!". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
  2. ^ Billings, Josh (17 December 1959). "Other better-than-average offerings". Kinematograph Weekly. p. 7.
  3. ^ "I Only Arsked!". The Monthly Film Bulletin. 25 (288): 156. 1 January 1958 – via ProQuest.
  4. ^ "I Only Asked! (1958) - Montgomery Tully - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related - AllMovie".
  5. ^ "I Only Arsked!". TV Guide.
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