I Only Arsked – 1958

Columbia Corporation Pictures present
A Hammer Film Production
Based on Granada’s Television Series “The Army Game”
Copyright MCMLVIII by Lawrie Productions Ltd. All rights reserved.

All characters in this film are fictitious. Any similarity to any persons living or dead is purely coincidental.

Approved MPAA Certificate No. 19140
RCA Sound recording
Produced at Bray Studios

Black & White 79 Mins

Storyline

A group of misfit soldiers are desperately trying to fiddle themselves some leave. Instead they wrangle a posting to the British Middle-East protectorate of Darawa. Their frustrations and disappointment at landing one of the harshest territories is compensated when they discover a secret passage to the King’s harem.

Crew


Function	Credited	Age at Release	Birth	Death	Age	Hammer Credits
Alfie Bass’s song by	Alfie Bass	41	8 Apr 1916	15 Jul 1987	71	3
Art Director	John Stoll	44	13 Dec 1913	25 Jun 1990	76	5
Assistant Director	John Peverall	27	1931	3 Oct 2009	78	21
Associate Producer	Anthony Nelson-Keys	46	13 Nov 1911	19 Mar 1985	73	41
Camera Operator	Len Harris	41	19 May 1916	21 Feb 1995	78	52
Continuity	Doreen Dearnaley	29	20 Nov 1928	3 Feb 1992	63	13
Directed by	Montgomery Tully	53	6 May 1904	10 Oct 1988	84	4
Director of Photography	Lionel Baines	53	27 Jul 1904	1996	91	1
Editor	Alfred Cox		1925	2005	80	21
Executive Producer	Michael Carreras	30	21 Dec 1927	19 Apr 1994	66	82
Hairdstylist	Henry Montsash	52	17 Sep 1905	29 Sep 1974	69	16
Make-up	Phil Leakey	49	4 May 1908	26 Nov 1992	84	48
Music Composed and Conducted by	Benjamin Frankel	51	31 Jan 1906	12 Feb 1973	67	3
Produced by	Anthony Hinds	35	18 Sep 1922	30 Sep 2013	91	84
Production Manager	Don Weeks	53	15 Nov 1904	1 Mar 1988	83	30
Song “AloneTogether” by	Sid Colin	42	31 Aug 1915	12 Dec 1989	74	4
Song “AloneTogether” by	Walter Ridley	44	28 Feb 1913	23 Jan 2007	93	1
Sound Recordist	Jock May	53	1905	8 Jan 1991	86	30
Special Effects	Sid Pearson					9
Supervising Editor	James Needs	38	17 Oct 1919	2003	83	110
The “Army Game” Theme by	Pat Napper					1
Wardrobe	Molly Arbuthnot	59	19 Dec 1908	31 Oct 2001	92	48
Written	Jack Davies	44	25 Nov 1913	22 Jun 1994	80	2
Written	Sid Colin	42	31 Aug 1915	12 Dec 1989	74	4

Cast


Character	Actor	Age at Release	Birth	Death	Age	Hammer Appearances
Azim	Michael Ripper	44	27 Jan 1913	28 Jun 2000	87	34
Colonel Danvers	Martin Boddey	50	16 Apr 1907	24 Oct 1975	68	4
Corporal Singer	Michael Medwin	34	18 Jul 1923	26 Feb 2020	96	6
Cupcake	Norman Rossington	29	24 Dec 1928	21 May 1999	70	1
Excused Boots	Alfie Bass	41	8 Apr 1916	15 Jul 1987	71	3
Ferrers	Ewen McDuff					1
Fred	Michael Bentine	35	26 Jan 1922	26 Nov 1996	74	1
General Bender	Basil Dignam	52	24 Oct 1905	31 Jan 1979	73	3
Mahmoud	Francis Matthews	30	2 Sep 1927	14 Jun 2014	86	4
Major Upshot-Bagely	Geoffrey Sumner	49	20 Nov 1908	29 Sep 1989	80	2
Olding	John McClaren	46	10 Oct 1911	10 May 1970	58	1
Popeye	Bernard Bresslaw	23	25 Feb 1934	11 Jun 1993	59	4
Professor	Charles Hawtrey	43	30 Nov 1914	27 Oct 1988	73	3
Salaman	Wolfe Morris	32	5 Jan 1925	21 Jul 1996	71	5
Sergeant Chambers	David Lodge	36	19 Aug 1921	18 Oct 2003	82	10
Sir Redvers	Arthur Howard	47	18 Jan 1910	18 Jun 1995	85	4
Tuffnell	Max Brimmell	30	27 Apr 1927	15 Feb 1993	65	1

Production


FILMING BEGAN	21 July 1958
UK RELEASE	9 February 1959
STUDIO	Bray Studios, Down Place, Oakley Green, Berkshire, England

Footnotes

This was the first film to be made based on a British sitcom, namely The Army Game (ITV).

Montgomery Tulles also directed Hammer’s “36 Hours” (1954) and “Five Days” (1954).

Francis Matthews later appeared in “Revenge of Frankenstein” (1958) and “Dracula, Prince of Darkness” (1966). He also provided the voice for Captain Scarlet in Gerry Andersons TV series “Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons” (1967).

Details were complied viewing the actual film.
Source of viewing copy – The Hammer Graveyard Collection