- War, Adventure, Comedy, Action
- 97 min
IMDb5.7
Two soldiers of fortune matching wits and guns against the armies of two nations!
During the 1922 Turkish Civil War, two Americans and a group of foreign mercenaries offer their services to a local Turkish governor who hires them as guards for a secret transport.
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- John Chardon TMDB · Apr 20146.5/10
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 motive
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Cast
- Tony CurtisAdam Dyer
- Charles BronsonJosh Corey
- Michèle MercierAila
- Patrick MageeThe General - Ataturk
- Fikret HakanColonel Elci
- Grégoire AslanOsman Bey
- Leo GordonBolek
- John AldersonU.S. Army Major
- Tony BonnerReese
- Horst JansonWollen
Crew
- Peter CollinsonDirector
- Leo GordonWriter
- Kenneth HigginsDirector of Photography
- Bert KaempfertOriginal Music Composer
- Raymond PoultonEditor
- Gene CormanProducer
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