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Spikeopath 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

Michael_Elliott You Can't Win 'Em All (1970) ** (out of 4) Mildly entertaining action film has former WW1 soldiers traveling to Turkey where they are hired by Osman Bey to help guard a gold shipment but after countless double crossings and twists, the soldiers begin to realize that there might be something more at stake than just gold. It's important to note that the soldiers are played by Tony Curtis and Charles Bronson and those names are big enough to make you want to keep watching even when the film itself starts to unravel and come apart. The movie gets off to a great start as Curtis is stranded at sea in a sinking boat and gets picked up by captain Bronson but before he can get on the two have a nice exchange of words. The first twenty-minutes of the movie are fast, sharp and contain some very funny moments but all of this stuff pretty much goes away once the center story kicks in. I never really could get too involved with the story in Turkey simply because it really didn't feel all that real and I also thought it was rather poorly written. I think there's way too much story trying to go on and there's really nothing behind it because the main goal is just to get to the next action scene. As far as the action goes, we get a couple excellent sequences. The opening bar fight is pretty good but the real highlight comes towards the middle of the film when the train carrying the gold comes under attack. After viewing the movie I had to do a Google search to see how many stuntmen got killed in this sequence but apparently it was none. The physical stunts are extremely graphic and there are a few scenes where horses are tripping off one another and there's one instant that will really stick out because it seems the human riding it gets crushed during all the mayhem. There's another big action piece at the end, which results in another twist in the story that actually works pretty good. The main draw of this movie is going to be seeing Curtis and Bronson together and they actually do a pretty good job. I thought that laid back, smart ass attitude of Curtis worked perfectly well with Bronson stone cold approach. The two are simply so different that when they mix it up they just come off very funny. The banter between the men in the bar at the start of the film is certainly one of the highlights. YOU CAN'T WIN 'EM ALL is far from a masterpiece and in reality it's not even a good movie. With that said, fans of the two stars will probably want to check it out but others will probably not find too much to keep them watching from start to finish.

SipteaHighTea Overall, I like the movie; however, I find it strange that many of Charles Bronson's men have hippie like long hair. This is suppose to be a film about a situation in 1919 not 1970. Men back in those days were clean cut unless you live out in a very isolated rural area like being a lumberjack or like in Lawrence of Arabia, you were herding sheep, horses, camels, etc., and because you were so far away from civilization and had to ration your water supply, you could not shave your face and cut your sideburns.I am surprise with the firepower of the tommy guns, they could not shoot down the two Turkish plane or damage them. Its funny in a movie when you have German soldiers throwing lots of firepower against American soldiers, few Americans get killed; however, when you see soldiers of countries like Greece or Turkey with less firepower, they are good at killing Americans in large numbers.

Theo Robertson My instant reaction on watching this in 2003 is the portrayal of the Muslim faith . Without giving too much away the plot centres around protecting a Muslim icon , while Muslims who are not exacatly treated with total reverance aren`t shown as being blood thirsty killers calling for jihad against westerners either . Compare this movie with something like TRUE LIES and you`ll see how differently Hollywood treats Islam these days . That said I don`t want anyone to think this is a piece of must see cinema . YOU CAN`T WIN `EM ALL is basically a buddy B movie made to shown before a main feature , if you`re under 35 you won`t be able to remember the days when you paid money at the box office and got to see TWO feature films . Charles Bronson plays a world weary skipper while Tony Curtis - Who shocked cinema audiences in THE BOSTON STRANGLER two years before - plays an irritating smart ass similar to his role in THE PERSUADERS in early 1920s Turkey . Watch out for the anachronism when someone mentions " Starting world war two " which is strange because no one ever spoke about " World war one " in those days , not even the cast of PEARL HARBOR