5 Card Stud
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- This article is about the western film. For the poker game, see Five-card stud.
| 5 Card Stud | |
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| Image:5CardStud.jpg | |
| Directed by | Henry Hathaway |
| Produced by | Joseph H. Hazen |
| Written by | Ray Gaulden |
| 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) | 1968 |
| Running time | 103 min. |
| Country |  United States |
| Language | English |
| IMDb profile | |
5 Card Stud is a 1968 Western, released by Paramount Pictures. Directed by Henry Hathaway, the script was written by Marguerite Roberts who also wrote the screenplay of True Grit for Hathaway the following year. The film features two stars known for their casual underplaying: Dean Martin and Robert Mitchum. The supporting cast includes Roddy McDowall, Inger Stevens, Katherine Justice, John Anderson, Yaphet Kotto, and Denver Pyle.
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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 (Dean Martin), tries to stop the others from administering frontier justice, but is unable to stop the man's lynching. He leaves town, but later returns when he hears that a couple of the other players at that ill-fated game have been murdered.
The town has a new resident, a stern preacher named Reverend Rudd (Robert Mitchum). As more of the lynchers 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] References
[edit] External links
5 Card Stud at the Internet Movie Database
[edit] DVD Reviews
- Review by Glenn Erickson at DVD Savant a part of DVD Talk
- Review by Eric Profancik at DVD Verdict
- Review by Mark Zimmer at digitally OBSESSED!
