5 Card Stud
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- This article is about a western film. For the poker game, see Five-card stud.
| 5 Card Stud | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Henry Hathaway |
| Produced by | Joseph H. Hazen |
| Written by | Marguerite Roberts |
| Starring | Dean Martin Robert Mitchum Inger Stevens |
| Music by | D.H. Doane Maurice Jarre F.C. Van Al Styne |
| Cinematography | Daniel L. Fapp |
| Editing by | Warren Low |
| Release date(s) | July 31, 1968 |
| Running time | 103 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
5 Card Stud is a 1968 Western, released by Paramount Pictures. Directed by Henry Hathaway, the script, based on a novel by Ray Gaulden, was written by Marguerite Roberts, who also wrote the screenplay of True Grit for Hathaway the following year. The film features Dean Martin and Robert Mitchum.
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[edit] Plot
In the 1880 town of Rincon, Colorado, a gambler is caught cheating at a five-card stud poker game. One of the players, Van Morgan, tries to prevent the others from administering frontier justice, but is unable to stop the man's lynching. Morgan leaves town, but later returns when he hears that a couple of the other players from that ill-fated game have been murdered.
The town has a new resident, a stern preacher named Reverend Rudd. As more members of the lynch mob are killed off one by one, it becomes clear that someone is taking revenge and it is up to Morgan to solve the mystery. Finally, only he is left. He discovers the identity of the killer just in time.
[edit] Cast
- Dean Martin as Van Morgan
- Robert Mitchum as The Rev. Jonathan Rudd
- Inger Stevens as Lily Langford
- Roddy McDowall as Nick Evers
- Katherine Justice as Nora Evers
- John Anderson as U.S. Marshal Al Dana
- Ruth Springford as Mama Malone
- Yaphet Kotto as Little George
- Denver Pyle as Sig Evers
- Bill Fletcher as Joe Hurley
- Whit Bissell as Dr. Cooper
- Ted de Corsia as Eldon Bates
- Don Collier as Rowan
- Roy Jenson as Mace Jones
[edit] References
[edit] External links
5 Card Stud at the Internet Movie Database
[edit] DVD reviews
- DVD Savant review by Glenn Erickson
- DVD Verdict review by Eric Profancik
- digitallyOBSESSED! review by Mark Zimmer
