5 Card Stud

1968
Approved
1h 43m

IMDb RATING

6.4/10

4.6K

YOUR RATING

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

Director
- Henry Hathaway
Writers
- Marguerite Roberts
- Ray Gaulden
Stars

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IMDb RATING

6.4/10

4.6K

YOUR RATING

Director
- Henry Hathaway
Writers
- Marguerite Roberts
- Ray Gaulden
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Trivia
Robert Mitchum said he turned down the role of Pike Bishop in The Wild Bunch (1969) in order to make this film.

Goofs
The windmill is near the edge of a cliff that is hundreds of feet high and far above the water table, which would be some distance below the bottom of the canyon.

Quotes
Van Morgan: I didn't hear you say amen.
Little George: I don't believe in it.

Connections
Referenced in Massage Parlor Murders! (1973)

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

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6/10

Slow moving murder mystery with an excellent cast

Inger Stevens was an undervalued actress. She was often cast as the cool, blond beauty the leading man took for a sex object/partner but never given a major role in anything, never given a chance to shine in her own film. Dean Martin in 5 Card Stud. Clint Eastwood in Hang em High. George Peppard in House of Cards. Despite all the stations now rerunning classic TV, the Farmer's Daughter languishes in a vault.