5 Card Stud (1968)

Director:

Henry Hathaway

Writers:

Marguerite Roberts (screenplay)
Ray Gaulden (novel)

Release Date:

22 November 1968 (France)

Genre:

Western | Mystery

Tagline:

A card cheat was hung... then all hell broke loose!

Plot:

The players in an ongoing poker game are being mysteriously killed off, one by one.

Plot Keywords:

Poker | Beautiful Woman | Lynching | Serial Killer | Cardsharp

Cast

Dean Martin	...	Van Morgan
Robert Mitchum	...	The Rev. Jonathan Rudd
Inger Stevens	...	Lily Langford
Roddy McDowall	...	Nick Evers
Katherine Justice	...	Nora Evers
John Anderson	...	U.S.Marshal Al Dana
Ruth Springford	...	Mama Malone (saloon owner)
Yaphet Kotto	...	Little George (Mama's bartender)
Denver Pyle	...	Sig Evers (rancher)
Bill Fletcher	...	Joe Hurley (livery stable owner)
Whit Bissell	...	Dr. Cooper (Rincon, Colorado)
Ted de Corsia	...	Eldon Bates (head of Miners Association)
Don Collier	...	Rowan (gold miner)
Roy Jenson	...	Mace Jones (Evers' hand)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Jerry Gatlin	...	Frankie Rudd (stranger who's lynched) (uncredited)
Joe Gray	...	Cowhand (uncredited)
Chuck Hayward	...	O'Hara (uncredited)
Robert F. Hoy	...	Deputy Marshal Otis (uncredited)
Louise Lorimer	...	Mrs. Frank Wells (uncredited)
Boyd 'Red' Morgan	...	Fred Carson (general store) (uncredited)
George Robotham	...	Stoney Burough, Evers' Ranch Hand (uncredited)
Hope Summers	...	Female customer in general store (uncredited)

Directed by
Henry Hathaway

Writing credits
Marguerite Roberts		(screenplay)
Ray Gaulden		(novel)

Produced by
Joseph H. Hazen	....	executive producer
Paul Nathan	....	associate producer
Hal B. Wallis	....	producer

Original Music by
Maurice Jarre

Cinematography by
Daniel L. Fapp
James V. King		(uncredited)

Film Editing by
Warren Low

Production Design by
Walter H. Tyler		(as Walter Tyler)

Set Decoration by
Ray Moyer

Costume Design by
Leah Rhodes

Makeup Department
Adelbert Acevedo	....	makeup artist
Del Acevedo	....	makeup department head
Carol Meikle	....	hair stylist

Production Management
Frank Beetson	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Fred Gammon	....	assistant director

Sound Department
Harold Lewis	....	sound recordist

Stunts
Jerry Gatlin	....	stunts
Boyd 'Red' Morgan	....	stunts
Joe Gray	....	stunts (uncredited)
Chuck Hayward	....	stunts (uncredited)
Bob Orrison	....	stunts (uncredited)
George Robotham	....	stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
James V. King	....	camera operator (uncredited)

Music Department
Maurice Jarre	....	conductor

Transportation Department
Salvador Gutiérrez	....	transportation captain

Other crew
'Chema' Hernandez	....	head wrangler: Mexico (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Paramount Pictures

Distributors

• Paramount Pictures (1968) (USA) (theatrical)
• American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (1971) (USA) (TV) (original airing)
• Paramount (1968) (West Germany) (theatrical)
• Paramount Home Video (USA) (DVD)

Also Known As:

Five Card Stud (USA) (alternative spelling)

Runtime:

103 min | Argentina:105 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

West Germany:12 (re-rated) | West Germany:16 (nf) (original rating) | Australia:M | Argentina:13 | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15 | USA:PG (certificate #21845)

Filming Locations:

Durango, Mexico

Company:

Paramount Pictures

Goofs:

Continuity: In the scene where Van Morgan and the Reverend Rudd are shooting at the wind mill they empty their guns. The next scene shows them reloading both weapons. The revolvers had swing out cylinders. Later in the gunfight in town, when they reload their pistols, they are now using Colt Peacemakers that have a loading port to the right side of the cylinder.

Quotes:

[explaining why a murdered black man should be allowed to be buried in the graveyard with deceased whites]
The Rev. Jonathan Rudd: Well, they all look alike to the worms.

Soundtrack:

5 Card Stud

Not a bad movie

Not a bad movie. Robert Mitchum and Dean Martin pull this one off pretty good. There are a few flaws in the plot but it all works out in the end. It's a good popcorn movie to watch when you have nothing to do. Besides the mild violence, I think your kids could watch this one with you as a family movie.

Roddy McDowall plays the whinny little weasel perfect. You hate him from the start to the ending, and can't wait for him to get his. And this is what a great actor can make you feel. And Inger Stevens plays the temptress so well. How could anyone not fall for a beautiful woman like her? She could make a good man go bad, and a bad man blush.

So break out the popcorn, sit backs and doesn't expect too much, and you might have a smile on your face after the movie.