
Rio Bravo(1959)
A small-town sheriff in the American West enlists the help of a disabled man, a drunk, and a young gunfighter in his efforts to hold in jail the brother of the local bad guy.


“A card cheat was hung... then all hell broke loose!”
The players in an ongoing poker game are being mysteriously killed off, one by one.

Dean Martin
Van Morgan

Robert Mitchum
Reverend Jonathan Rudd

Inger Stevens
Lily Langford

Roddy McDowall
Nick Evers

Katherine Justice
Nora Evers

John Anderson
Marshal Dana

Ruth Springford
Mama Malone

Yaphet Kotto
Little George

Denver Pyle
Sig Evers
Bill Fletcher
Joe Hurley
5 Card Stud is a western, mystery film released in 1968 exploring themes of poker, murder, cementery, cheating at cards. Directed by Henry Hathaway, it stars Dean Martin, Robert Mitchum, Inger Stevens. The players in an ongoing poker game are being mysteriously killed off, one by one.
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