5 Card Stud (1968)

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

Director:

Henry Hathaway

Writers:

Marguerite Roberts (screenplay), Ray Gaulden (novel)

Stars:

Dean Martin, Robert Mitchum, Inger Stevens

Cast

Complete credited 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	...	Marshal Dana
Ruth Springford	...	Mama Malone
Yaphet Kotto	...	Little George
Denver Pyle	...	Sig Evers
Bill Fletcher	...	Joe Hurley
Whit Bissell	...	Dr. Cooper
Ted de Corsia	...	Eldon Bates
Don Collier	...	Rowan
Roy Jenson	...	Mace Jones

Storyline

After a card shark is caught cheating, he is taken out and lynched by the drunkards he was playing against. Soon afterwards, the men who were in the lynch mob start being murdered, one after another; all by hanging. Who will be killed next and who is responsible? Is it one of the original party seeking to cover their accursed deed, or perhaps the mysterious Rev. Jonathan Rudd, who has recently arrived in town?

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Plot Keywords:

poker | denver colorado | small town | preacher | serial killer | 

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Taglines:

From the producer of The Sons of Katie Elder, Gunfight at the O.K. Corral and Last Train from Gunhill.

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Genres:

Western | Mystery

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Certificate:

PG

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

22 November 1968 (France)

Also Known As:

Cinq cartes à abattre

Filming Locations:

Durango, Mexico

Company Credits

Production Co:

Paramount Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

103 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Goofs

In the church scene when The Rev. Jonathan Rudd meets Nick Evers, the Reverend collects four hymnals from the benches, placing the spine of the books in his right hand. The books then flip over with the spines in his left hand. At the end of the conversation, the stack of books flip back over with the spines in his right hand.

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Quotes

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

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Soundtracks

"Mercy's Call"
by Howard Doane (as W.H. Doane) and Fanny Crosby (as F.C. Van Al Styne)

User Reviews

Classic Western with attractive cast

Martin is (unwilling) member of card game that lynches cheater, in 1880s West. Participants in hanging soon find themselves dying off from mysterious causes. Deano is solid as "the best gambler in the West"; great performances also by Roddy McDowall as lynching ringleader, Inger Stevens as the local madame, and particularly Mitchum as the gun-toting, Bible-quoting preacher who comes to town. My favorite of the non-Eastwood westerns.