I Only Arsked!

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

Stills from film

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Cast & Crew

Red = Uncredited


Crew	Name	Age at Release	Birth		Death	Age	Hammer Credits	Uncredited	Total Hammer
Additional Music	Naim Al-Basri							1	1
Alfie Basss song	Alfie Bass	42	8 Apr 1916		15 Jul 1987	71	4		4
Art Director	John Stoll	45	13 Dec 1913		25 Jun 1990	76	5		5
Assistant Director	John Peverall	28	1931		3 Oct 2009	78	21		21
Associate Producer	https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/anthony-nelson-keys/#	47	13 Nov 1911		19 Mar 1985	73	42		42
Camera Operator	https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/len-harris/#	42	19 May 1916		21 Feb 1995	78	53	2	55
Continuity	Doreen Dearnaley	30	20 Nov 1928		3 Feb 1992	63	13		13
Director	Montgomery Tully	54	6 May 1904		10 Oct 1988	84	4		4
Director of Photography	Lionel Baines	54	27 Jul 1904		1996	91	1		1
Editor	Alfred Cox	34	1925		2005	80	21	4	25
Executive Producer	https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/michael-carreras/#	31	21 Dec 1927		19 Apr 1994	66	86	9	95
Focus Puller	https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/harry-oakes/#	38	16 Jan 1921		11 Dec 2012	91		53	53
Hair Stylist	Henry Montsash	53	17 Sep 1905		29 Sep 1974	69	16		16
Make-up	https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/phil-leakey/#	50	4 May 1908		26 Nov 1992	84	50		50
Music Composed & Conducted by	Benjamin Frankel	53	31 Jan 1906		12 Feb 1973	67	3		3
Producer	https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/anthony-hinds/#	36	18 Sep 1922		30 Sep 2013	91	86	3	89
Production Manager	https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/don-weeks/#	54	15 Nov 1904		Mar 1988	83	30		30
Song AloneTogether	Sid Colin	43	31 Aug 1915		12 Dec 1989	74	4		4
Song AloneTogether	Walter Ridley	45	28 Feb 1913		23 Jan 2007	93	1		1
Sound Recordist	https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/jock-may/#	54	1905		8 Jan 1991	86	30	1	31
Special Effects	Sid Pearson						9	1	10
Supervising Editor	https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/james-needs/#	39	17 Oct 1919		4 Feb 2003	83	111	1	112
The Army Game Theme	Pat Napper						1		1
Third Assistant Director	https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/hugh-harlow/#	19	17 Jun 1939	17.06.1939		85	5	33	38
Wardrobe	https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/molly-arbuthnot/#	50	19 Dec 1908		31 Oct 2001	92	48	5	53
Written	Sid Colin	43	31 Aug 1915		12 Dec 1989	74	4		4
Written	Jack Davies	45	25 Nov 1913		22 Jun 1994	80	3		3

Cast	Name	Age at Release	Birth		Death	Age	Hammer Credits	Uncredited	Total Hammer
Arab	Earl Green							1	1
Arab in Bar	https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/dido-plumb/#	53	23 Jun 1905		4 Mar 1991	85		10	10
Arab in Bar	George Spence							4	4
Azim	https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/michael-ripper/#	46	27 Jan 1913		28 Jun 2000	87	34	2	36
Colonel Danvers	Martin Boddey	51	16 Apr 1907		24 Oct 1975	68	4		4
Corporal Singer	Michael Medwin	35	18 Jul 1923		26 Feb 2020	96	6		6
Cupcake	Norman Rossington	30	24 Dec 1928		21 May 1999	70	1		1
Excused Boots	Alfie Bass	42	8 Apr 1916		15 Jul 1987	71	4		4
Ferrers	Ewen MacDuff						1		1
Fred	Michael Bentine	37	26 Jan 1922		26 Nov 1996	74	1		1
General Bender	Basil Dignam	53	24 Oct 1905		31 Jan 1979	73	3	1	4
Harem Girl	Marie Devereux	18	27 Nov 1940		30 Dec 2019	79	3	2	5
Harem Girl	Pauline Chamberlain	26	2 Oct 1932		14 Jan 2021	88		5	5
Harem Girl	Claire Gordon	18	16 Jan 1941		13 Apr 2015	74		1	1
Harem Girl	Maureen Moore	20	1939	01.01.1939		85		1	1
Harem Girl	Pamela Chamberlain	26	2 Oct 1932	02.10.1932		92		1	1
King Fazim	https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/marne-maitland/#	44	18 Dec 1914		Mar 1992	77	9		9
Mahmoud	Francis Matthews	31	2 Sep 1927		14 Jun 2014	86	4		4
Major Upshot-Bagely	Geoffrey Sumner	50	20 Nov 1908		29 Sep 1989	80	2	1	3
Olding	John McClaren	47	9 Oct 1911		9 May 1970	58	1		1
Popeye	Bernard Bresslaw	24	25 Feb 1934		11 Jun 1993	59	4	1	5
Professor	Charles Hawtrey	44	30 Nov 1914		27 Oct 1988	73	2	1	3
Salaman	Wolfe Morris	34	5 Jan 1925		21 Jul 1996	71	5		5
Sergeant Chambers	https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/david-lodge/#	37	19 Aug 1921		18 Oct 2003	82	10		10
Sir Redvers	Arthur Howard	49	18 Jan 1910		18 Jun 1995	85	4	1	5
Tuffnell	Max Brimmell	31	27 Apr 1927		15 Feb 1993	65	1	1	2

Original Poster

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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.

1959 BBFC Cert. “U”

Production Details

Stills from film

Cast & Crew

Original Poster

Footnotes

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