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)

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:

Van Morgan: You mean you came over 100 miles just to tell me that?
Little George: I'd have come farther.

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.