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.
Production Details
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
Filming Began: 21st July 1958
UK Release: 9th July 1959
Studio:
Bray Studios, Down Place, Oakley Green, Berkshire
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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).
Twins Pamela and Pauline Chamberlain appear uncredited here.