Review of 5 Card Stud (1968) by Dave J — 18 Sep 2014

Friday, September 5, 2014.

(1968) Five Card Stud.

WESTERN/ MYSTERY.

First half was great, but then it becomes 'rushed' and obvious as the film progresses. Focuses on a group of the only 7 or 8 card players playing in a saloon after hours, until Van Morgan (Dean Martin) walks away taking a break from the group. As soon as one of the card players were caught cheating, Nick (Roddy McDowall) calls out for a lynching to hang him on some undisclosed location. And as soon as Van comes back to the card table again, bartender, Little George(Yaphet Kotto) informs him about what had just happened as Van goes out to find and then stop them but by the time he got to them, he was then knocked out from the barrel of Nick's handgun. They then bring him back into town, and it wasn't until morning Van woke up from unconsciousness. What happens later is a series of strangled deaths amongst the people who were involved with that lynching. Robert Mitchum also stars as the preacher.

2 stars out of 4.