You Can't Win 'Em All (1962)

Directed by

Patrick Barton

Country

Australia

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A man gets into comedic trouble in a faraway place. The story has colorful characters and a playful tone.

light-heartedplayfulwhimsicaldatedcolorfuladventurousbreezyfun

What happens

You Can't Win 'Em All is a 1962 Australian television play directed by Patrick Barton. Filmed in London, it was based on a play by Alun Owen which had been previously filmed by the BBC in 1962. Filmink called it "a light-hearted comedy adventure closer to a 1940s Humphrey Bogart movie at Warner Bros, complete with colourful support characters, sexy dames and a backlot third world setting." (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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