Five Card Stud

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PG,1hr 43min

Genres:

Drama,Western

Release:

1968

Director:

Henry Hathaway

Distributor:

Paramount

Starring:

Dean Martin, Robert Mitchum, Inger Stevens ... More

Synopsis: Dean Martin and Robert Mitchum play deadly adversaries in this curious mixture of the western and mystery genres. During a poker game in Rincon, Colorado, a stranger in the game is lynched for cheating. One of the gamblers, Van Morgan (Dean Martin), tries to prevent the lynching but is rebuffed and promptly leaves town. Soon a gold rush hits Rincon, bringing all manner of men and women -- including self-ordained preacher, Rev. Jonathan Rudd (Robert Mitchum) and brothel madame Lily Langford (Inger ... Full Synopsis

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	Craig Butler, AMG Review Five Card Stud deserves credit for trying something new with the Western, namely combining it with a typical murder mystery story. Unfortunately, screenwriter Marguerite Roberts and original author Ray Gaulden seem to think that just grafting the two genres together is all that was needed. After coming up with a viable gambit -- a Ten Little Indians-style serial murder among the participants of a particularly ... Read Review