Tony Curtis

Charles Bronson

Michèle Mercier

Patrick Magee

Fikret Hakan

Grégoire Aslan

Leo Gordon

John Alderson

Tony Bonner

Horst Janson

John Acheson

Howard Goorney

Salih Güney

Yüksel Gözen

Erol Keskin

Ken Buckle

Henia Halil

Terry Yorke

Mümtaz Alpaslan

Manny Michael

Roger Delgado

Paul Stassino

Nikki Van der Zyl

Robert Rietti

David de Keyser

Reed De Rouen

N. Bulent Gultekin

Suna Keskin

Nosher Powell

Ali Çakus

Harold Buck

Freddie Williamson

Betty Glasow

Derek Parr

Barry Copland

Arthur Vincent

Derek Holding

Dave Maiden

Masada Wilmot

Dinah Greet

Peter Collinson

Greg Powell

Raymond Poulton

Gene Corman

Kenneth Higgins

Bert Kaempfert

Seamus Flannery

Rose Tobias Shaw

Kenneth J. Withers

Les Parrott

Adventure

Comedy

Action

You Can't Win 'Em All

SRO Pictures

Columbia Pictures

Turkey

United Kingdom

United States of America

Well. You know what they say? It’s a short life at best.

You Can’t Win ‘Em All (AKA: Soldiers of Fortune/The Dubious Patriots) is directed by Peter Collinson and written by Leo Gordon. It stars Tony Curtis, Charles Bronson, Michele Mercier, Fikret Hakan, Leo Gordon and Salih Guney. Music is by Bert Kaempfert and cinematography by Kenneth Higgins.

1922 and the Greco-Turkish War is coming to a close, and two soldiers of fortune meet and find themselves on a deadly mission that will either make them rich, get them killed or something else entirely…

Marauding machismo under the burning Turkey sun, You Can’t Win ‘Em All is good on intentions and two fisted action quotas. That the script is poor is a shame, because although it’s hardly grade “A” as an actioner, it is a whole bunch of fun and Curtis and Bronson are great company to be in.

Collinson constructs the action in a competent manner as he fills out the plot with gunfire, explosions, barroom brawls, biplane attacks, speeding train, foxy women and a picturesque location. Bronson gets to flex his muscles while Curtis deals out the quips, and the narrative has the two men spun into a world of double crosses, bluffs and dubious motives. Their chemistry is solid, they make for a good buddy-buddy pairing.

Weak on the page for sure, but enough guts, gusto and grins to ensure it’s worth spending the time with. 6.5/10

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You Can't Win 'Em All

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