You Can't Win 'Em All
You Can't Win 'Em All is a 1970 British-American war film, written by Leo Gordon (also an actor who appears in the film) and directed by Peter Collinson. It stars Tony Curtis, Charles Bronson and Michèle Mercier. The film is set at the end of the Greco-Turkish War (1919-1922). Two American mercenaries are forced to serve an Ottoman governor, who wants them to escort his daughters to Cairo. He also wants them to safeguard a treasure.
Plot
The setting is the time of the Greco-Turkish War (1919–1922), and the end of the Ottoman Empire. Two American soldiers of fortune – Adam and Josh – team up in 1922 Turkey with separate missions. Josh is interested in profiting from the turmoil prevailing as the Ottoman Empire collapses. Adam, the surviving heir to a shipping company, hopes to reclaim a ship seized by the Germans during World War I and interned in a Turkish port. Before they can achieve their goals, they are captured by the forces of Osman Bey, an Ottoman governor.
More details
| author | Leo Gordon |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Turkey |
| director | Peter Collinson |
| editor | G.B.F.E. Raymond Poulton |
| events | aviation |
| genre | action adventure comedy |
| keywords | american soldiers cairo capture end force greco-turkish war mecca ottoman empire shipping company submachine gun survive thompson submachine gun world war i |
| musicBy | Bert Kaempfert |
| producer | Gene Corman |
| productionCompany | S.R.O. Company Inc. |
| publisher | Columbia Pictures |
| recordedAt | Istanbul Turkey |
| theme | action comedy transport war |