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You Can't Win 'Em All (1970)

You Can't Win 'Em All poster
Directed by
Peter Collinson
Genre
war film, buddy film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 39m
Rated
14
Rating
5.9 of 10 from 42 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Two American mercenaries are forced to work for an Ottoman governor after the Greco-Turkish War. They must escort his daughters and protect a treasure on a trip to Cairo.

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What happens

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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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