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'''''You Can't Win 'Em All''''' is a 1962 Australian TV play.
'''''You Can't Win 'Em All''''' is a 1962 Australian TV play filmed in London.

It was based on a play by Alun Owen which had been previously filmed by the BBC in 1961.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.startrader.co.uk/Action%20TV/guide60s/corriganblake.htm|title=Corrigan Blake|website=Action TV}}</ref>
==Plot==
In a South American State on the brink of revolution, the leader of the revolutionaries (Alan Hopgood) and his sister (Judith Thompson) meet a stranded British wireless operator (Syd Conabere) and invite him to join them. He does — because he needs money. <ref>{{cite news|date=September 24, 1962 |page=13|newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald|title=New Play by Welsh Author}}</ref>


it was based on a play by Alun Owen which had been previously filmed by the BBC.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.startrader.co.uk/Action%20TV/guide60s/corriganblake.htm|title=Corrigan Blake|website=Action TV}}</ref>
==Cast==
==Cast==
*Syd Conabere as Blake
*Syd Conabere as Blake

Revision as of 04:49, 21 February 2019

You Can't Win 'Em All
Directed byPatrick Barton
Written byAlun Owen
Production
company
ABC
Release dates
September 1962 (Sydney, recorded)
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish

You Can't Win 'Em All is a 1962 Australian TV play filmed in London.

It was based on a play by Alun Owen which had been previously filmed by the BBC in 1961.[1]

Plot

In a South American State on the brink of revolution, the leader of the revolutionaries (Alan Hopgood) and his sister (Judith Thompson) meet a stranded British wireless operator (Syd Conabere) and invite him to join them. He does — because he needs money. [2]

Cast

  • Syd Conabere as Blake
  • Alan Hopgood as Feliz
  • Norman Kaye as Selasco
  • Leon Lissek
  • James Lynch as Julio
  • Judith Thompson as Anna Maria

Reception

The quality of the production was criticised.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Corrigan Blake". Action TV.
  2. ^ "New Play by Welsh Author". Sydney Morning Herald. September 24, 1962. p. 13.
  3. ^ "Australian TV production 'Blasphemous'". The Canberra Times. Vol. 37, , no. 10, 390. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 23 November 1962. p. 13. Retrieved 21 February 2019 – via National Library of Australia.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)