I Only Arsked! is a 1958 British comedy film directed by Montgomery Tully and starring Bernard Bresslaw, Michael Medwin and Alfie Bass. It was based on the television series The Army Game and was made by Hammer Films.
Plot
Slapstick ensues when inept army recruits are transferred to a post in the Middle East.
Cast
Bernard Bresslaw as Private "Popeye" Popplewell
Michael Medwin as Corporal Springer
Alfie Bass as Private "Excused Boots" Bisley
Geoffrey Sumner as Major Upshott-Bagley
Charles Hawtrey as Private "Professor" Hatchett
Norman Rossington as Private "Cupcake" Cook
David Lodge as Sergeant "Potty" Chambers
Arthur Howard as Sir Redvers
Marne Maitland as King Fazim
Michael Bentine as Fred
Francis Matthews as Mahmoud
Michael Ripper as Azim
Wolfe Morris as Salaman
Ewan MacDuff as Ferrers
Claire Gordon as Harem girl
Marie Devereux as Harem girl
Critical reception
Allmovie wrote, "The level of humour in I Only Arsked! will perhaps best be appreciated by fans of the original series"; while TV Guide noted "An enjoyable British slapstick comedy."
Box Office
According to Kinematograph Weekly the film performed "better than average" at the British box office in 1959.