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I Only Arsked!. Popeye Popplewell (Bernard Bresslaw). Credit: Granada Television, Hammer Film Productions, Columbia Pictures, ITV
I Only Arsked!

I Only Arsked!

  • 1958 film

Big screen spin-off adventure based on hit ITV sitcom The Army Game. Stars Bernard Bresslaw, Michael Medwin, Alfie Bass, Geoffrey Sumner, Charles Hawtrey and more.

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Cast & crew credits

Cast
Bernard Bresslaw Popeye Popplewell
Michael Medwin Corporal Springer
Alfie Bass Excused Boots Bisley
Geoffrey Sumner Major Upshot-Bagley
Charles Hawtrey The Professor
Norman Rossington Cupcake Cook
David Lodge Sergeant Potty Chambers
Michael Bentine Fred
Arthur Howard Sir Redvers
Francis Matthews Mahmoud
Marne Maitland King Fazim
Marie Devereux (as Marie Devereaux) Harem girl
Wolfe Morris Salaman
Ewen McDuff Ferrers
John McLaren Olding
Basil Dignam General Bender
Martin Boddey Colonel Danvers
Max Brimmell Tuffnell
Writing team
Sid Colin Writer
Jack Davies Writer
Production team
Montgomery Tully Director
Anthony Hinds Producer
Michael Carreras Executive Producer
James Needs Editor
Benjamin Frankel Composer

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