It's true what they say about two wrongs not making a right! “Van Morgan” (Dean Morgan) is participating in a five card stud game when one of them gets exposed for cheating and is quickly hanged. That situation should have resolved itself, but then an unusual preacher shows up, and the townspeople begin to die off in a rather unpleasant manner. Is it possible that “Rev. Rudd” (Robert Mitchum) is responsible for this …

A preacher arrives in a frontier town situated one hundred miles south of Denver around 1880, setting off a series of deaths linked to an infamous card game. A charismatic gambler then attempts to uncover the person responsible for the killings. Roddy McDowall portrays the disobedient son of a wealthy rancher. “5 Card Stud,” released in 1968, is a serviceable Western that takes place within a town setting and feat…

When he played he played for blood. 5 Card Stud comes from director Henry Hathaway and features a screenplay by Marguerite Roberts, based on a novel by Ray Gaulden. The cast includes Robert Mitchum, Dean Martin, Inger Stevens, Roddy McDowall, Katherine Justice, John Anderson, Ruth Springford and Yaphet Kotto. Maurice Jarre handled the music while Daniel L. Fapp was responsible for the cinematography. In Rincon,…