Main Cast: Tony Curtis, Charles Bronson, Michele Mercier, Patrick Magee, Fikret Hakan
Release Year: 1970
Country: UK
Run Time: 95 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG
Plot
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." ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Success is not inevitable, as in They published your article but not your rebuttal to the reviewer? Well, you can't win 'em all. [First half of 1900s] For a synonym, see win some, lose some.
Aircraft sequences were flown and coordinated by Charles Boddington and Louis Benjamin. The aircraft were owned by ex-RCAF pilot Lynn Garrison who shipped several of his SE-5 replicas from Ireland to Turkey for the production. They had previously featured in The Blue Max and Darling Lili and would go on to star in Von Richthofen & Brown, Zeppelin, Waldo Pepper, and numerous TV commercials.
