5 Card Stud (1968)

Storyline

Five Card Stud, the 1968 Henry Hathaway poker-gambling-psychotic-preacher cowboy western (“A card cheat was hung… Then all hell broke loose!”; “Ante up for an exciting suspense Western where the stakes are life or death!”; “From the producer of The Sons of Katie Elder, Gunfight at the O.K. Corral and Last Train from Gunhill.”; “Dean Martin and Robert Mitchum dealing you a hand in the most exciting Western ever played!”; “From a novel by Ray Gaulden”; “Screenplay by Marguerite Roberts”) starring Dean Martin (billed “…the hellfire gambler”), Robert Mitchum (in a role reminiscent of his wonderful psychotic would-be preacher in “Night of the Hunter”; billed “…the gunfire preacher”), Inger Stevens, Roddy McDowall (child star who successfully made a transition to playing adult roles), and Katherine Justice