Directed by:
Peter CollinsonScreenplay:
Leo GordonCinematography:
Kenneth HigginsComposer:
Bert KaempfertCast:
Tony Curtis, Charles Bronson, Michèle Mercier, Patrick Magee, Tony Bonner, Horst Janson, Howard Goorney, Grégoire Aslan, Leo Gordon, Suna Keskin, Robert Rietty (more)Plots(1)
As the Ottoman Empire collapses throughout Turkey in 1922, a number of adventurers from all over the world sign on to protect the locals from thieves and marauders--for a hefty price. Two such mercenaries are Adam Dyer (Tony Curtis) and Josh Corey (Charles Bronson), who are hired by provincial Turkish governor Osman Bey (Gregoire Aslan). Adam and Josh are expected to protect their boss' gold shipment, and to provide safe conduct for Osman Bey's three daughters. Along the way, our "heroes" decide to forget their mission and abscond with the gold, but their plans are foiled by their own inherent ineptitude--and by the bothersome interference of duplicitious Colonel Elci (Fikret Hakan). You Can't Win 'Em All is best described as a "western with fezzes." (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Tony Curtis
USA
Best movies:
Some Like It Hot (1959)
The Defiant Ones (1958)
Rosemary's Baby (1968)
Charles Bronson
USA
Best movies:
Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
The Magnificent Seven (1960)
The Great Escape (1963)
Michèle Mercier
France
Best movies:
Goodbye Again (1961)
The Monsters (1963)
The Annuity (1972)
Patrick Magee
UK
Best movies:
Barry Lyndon (1975)
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
Cromwell (1970)
Tony Bonner
Australia
Best movies:
Anzacs (1985) (series)
Money Movers (1979)
Silent Action (1975)
Horst Janson
German Empire
Best movies:
Le Glaive et la balance (1963)
The Artist in the Circus Dome: Clueless (1968)
Life Is Tough, Eh Providence? (1972)
Howard Goorney
UK
Best movies:
The Hill (1965)
Fiddler on the Roof (1971)
Savage Messiah (1972)
Grégoire Aslan
Ottoman Empire
Best movies:
The Knight of the Night (1954)
No Vacation for Mr. Mayor (1951)
Cleopatra (1963)
Leo Gordon
USA
Best movies:
Maverick (1994)
The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)
Guns for the Dictator (1965)
Suna Keskin
Turkey
Best movies:
You Can't Win 'Em All (1970)
Robert Rietty
UK
Best movies:
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1969)
Doctor Zhivago (1965)
John Alderson
UK
Best movies:
My Fair Lady (1964)
Cleopatra (1963)
Julius Caesar (1953)
Paul Stassino
Cyprus
Best movies:
Tiger Bay (1959)
Thunderball (1965)
Ice-Cold in Alex (1958)
Roger Delgado
UK
Best movies:
Antony and Cleopatra (1972)
The Assassination Bureau (1969)
The Belles of St. Trinian's (1954)
Nosher Powell
UK
Best movies:
A Fistful of Dollars (1964)
Oliver Twist (1948)
A Shot in the Dark (1964)
Reed De Rouen
USA
Best movies:
Baxter! (1973)
The Third Man (1949)
The One That Got Away (1957)