You Can't Win 'Em All (1962 film)

You Can't Win 'Em All
Ad in The Age 5 Sep 1962
Genrecomedy-drama
Written byAlun Owen
Directed byPatrick Barton
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
Production
ProducerBernard Heron
Running time60 mins[3]
Production companyABC
Original release
NetworkABC
Release5 September 1962 (1962-09-05) (Melbourne)[1]
3 October 1962 (Sydney)[2]
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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.[4]

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."[5]

  1. ^ "TV Guide". The Age. 30 August 1962. p. 33.
  2. ^ "TV Guide". Sydney Morning Herald. 1 October 1962. p. 26.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference new was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "Corrigan Blake". Action TV.
  5. ^ Vagg, Stephen (24 November 2020). "Forgotten Australian TV Plays: You Can't Win 'Em All". Filmink.