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Five Card Stud
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Synopsis: A stranger is caught cheating in a game of five-card stud in a Rincon, Colorado saloon in 1880. Van Morgan (Dean Martin) unsuccessfully tries to save the gambler's life as the other five players lynch the cheat. Meanwhile, a gold rush has brought a group of outsiders to Rincon, like gun-toting preacher Jonathan Rudd (Robert Mitchum) and Lily Langford (Inger Stevens), with her collection of beautiful lady "barbers." When two townspeople are murdered, Van remembers that both victims were playing in the fatal card game. Tension mounts as the killer stalks the other players until, at last, two of the principals confront each other and, with a showdown gunfight, the case of the five-card stud game murders is closed.
The idea of teaming Robert Mitchum with Dean Martin certainly had potential, but no one bothered to provide a worthwhile vehicle. "Five Card Stud" (1968) is a ludicrous Western "whodunit" directed by the usually reliable Henry Hathaway. Nothing works here - even Dino's title song falls flat. It's hard to believe Mitchum turned down "The Wild Bunch" in favor of this turkey.
This is a fine mystery thiller under the guise of a western. The movie opens with a card game and one player accused of cheating,this player is hanged. Soon members of the card game begin to die one by one. Card player Dean Martin attempts to find out who the killer is before he ends up dead. While there are a few suspects, most viewers will soon figure out who the killer is. Why is not revealed till the end. Still this is a movie that works, this is due to the entertaining cast. Dean
Martin retains his easy going style, while Robert Mitchum brings a performance that is edgy and not as straight forward as he appears. Roddy McDowall delivers an entertaining performance as the spoiled rich kid at odds with Dean Martin. Yapphet Kotto gives a strong performance as the bartender who helps Dean work out the mystery. I have seen this movie a few times and enjoy it due to the cast, as well as to the scenery. Attention to detail is well thought out in this western town. So saddle up.
A poker game ends in a hanging when one of the players is accused of cheating. Shortly thereafter, the players are murdered one by one. A western with a novel mystery angle, "Five Card Stud" is certainly no classic, but it is an easygoing, thoroughly enjoyable oater with Dean Martin and Robert Mitchum well-matched as adversaries. It is Roddy McDowell, however, who steals the show as the bad seed brother of Katherine Justice.
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