5 Card Stud is a 1968 Western, released by Paramount Pictures. Directed by Henry Hathaway, the script was written by Marguerite Roberts who also wrote the screenplay of True Grit for Hathaway the following year. The film features two stars known for their casual underplaying: Dean Martin and Robert Mitchum. The supporting cast includes Roddy McDowall, Inger Stevens, Katherine Justice, John Anderson, Yaphet Kotto, and Denver Pyle.
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? Written by Alfred Jingle
Gambler Van Morgan runs a little card game in town but one night things get out of hand. A stranger amateurishly tries to cheat and, though Morgan tries to stop it, his fellow players string him up. The gambler leaves town but returns when he hears that the other players are being killed off one by one. It could be that someone will soon be after him too. Written by Jeremy Perkins
