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{{Infobox film
| name = Loser Takes All
| image = Loser_Takes_All_(film).jpg
| caption = Opening title
| director = [[Ken Annakin]]
| producer = [[John Stafford (producer)|John Stafford]]
| writer = [[Graham Greene]]
| starring = [[Glynis Johns]]
| cinematography = [[Georges Périnal]]
| music = [[Alessandro Cicognini]]
| studio = Independent Film Producers<br>John Stafford Productions
| distributor = [[British Lion Films]] (UK)<br>[[Distributors Corporation of America]] (US)
| released = {{Film date|df=y|1956|09||UK}}
| runtime = 88 min.
| country = United Kingdom
| language = English
| gross = £103,414 (UK)<ref>Vincent Porter, 'The Robert Clark Account', ''Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television'', Vol 20 No 4, 2000 p509</ref>
}}
'''''Loser Takes All''''' is a 1956 British [[comedy film]] directed by [[Ken Annakin]], starring [[Glynis Johns]], [[Rossano Brazzi]], and [[Robert Morley]], with a screenplay by [[Graham Greene]] based on his [[Loser Takes All|1955 novella of the same name]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b73bae2cb|title = Loser Takes All (1957)}}</ref>

==Synopsis==
Tony Bertrand, an assistant accountant in a London firm, discovers a flaw in the accounting system. His boss, Dreuther, the powerful director and major shareholder of his company, arranges for Bertrand and his wife-to-be, Cary, to marry and honeymoon in Monte Carlo. Dreuther will meet the couple in Monte Carlo and be their witness, on board his private yacht.

Dreuther does not show up, and the couple marry anyway; after two days at an expensive hotel, they are broke. With his last remaining cash, Bertand buys a 'system' from a tout that will guarantee winning at the casino. He starts to win large sums, and, fascinated by the mathematics of gambling, spends all his time in the casino. Out of pique, Cary takes up with Tony, a fellow guest.

Dreuther finally arrives. Bertram agrees to sell his 'system' to another director of the company, in return for his shareholding, but the deal doesn't go through. Betrand and Cary get back together, and Bertram is happy - it is "loser takes all".

==Cast==
* [[Glynis Johns]] as Cary
* [[Rossano Brazzi]] as Bertrand
* [[Robert Morley]] as Dreuther
* [[Tony Britton]] as Tony
* [[Felix Aylmer]] as the Other
* [[Joyce Carey]] as Bird's Nest
* [[Geoffrey Keen]] as Reception Clerk
* [[Peter Illing]] as Stranger
* [[Albert Lieven]] as Hotel Manager
* [[A.E. Matthews]] as Elderly Man in Casino
* [[Shirley Anne Field]] as Attractive Girl in Casino
* [[Hal Osmond]] as Liftman (uncredited)
* [[Mona Washbourne]] as Nurse (uncredited)
* [[André Maranne]] as Bar Waiter (uncredited)
* [[Charles Lloyd Pack]] as Sir Walter Blixon (uncredited)
* [[Walter Hudd]] as Arnold (uncredited)
* [[Joan Benham]] as Miss. Bullen (uncredited)

==References==
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==External links==
*{{IMDb title|0049451}}

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