5 Card Stud 1968  PG, 103 min.
Genre: Western / Mystery
aka: Five Card Stud
Director: Henry Hathaway
Cast: Dean Martin, Robert Mitchum, Inger Stevens, Roddy McDowall, Denver Pyle, Ted de Corsia, Katherine Justice, John Anderson, Ruth Springford, Yaphet Kotto, Bill Fletcher, Whit Bissell, Ted de Corsia, Roy Jenson, Don Collier
After a stranger is lynched for cheating at cards, members of the lynching party become victims of a succession of unsolved murders. Van Morgan (Dean Martin), who had witnessed the hanging and tried to stop the lynching, sets out with hail-and-brimstone minister, Rev. Jonathan Rudd (Robert Mitchum), to find the murderer. Is the murderer closer than Morgan imagines?
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Prescription: Murder 1967  TV, 98 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Columbo: Prescription Murder
Director: Richard Irving
Cast: Peter Falk, Gene Barry, Katherine Justice, William Windom, Nina Foch, Virginia Gregg, Anthony James
Dr. Flemming (Gene Barry) commits the "perfect" murder when he does in his wife. Thus sets the scene for the first in a long line of "Columbo" films. Our slow-moving, unkempt hero (Peter Falk) is always underestimated when he seeks the murderer and this film is no exception. A good start to the series with a great cast and several sub-plots. The series was taken from a Broadway play starring Thomas Mitchell.
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The Way West 1967 N/R, 122 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Andrew V. McLaglen
Cast: Kirk Douglas, Robert Mitchum, Richard Widmark, Lola Albright, Sally Field, Stubby Kaye, Jack Elam, Michael Witney, Katherine Justice, Michael McGreevey, Harry Carey Jr., Connie Sawyer, William Lundigan, Elisabeth Fraser, John Mitchum
A.B. Guthrie Jr. wrote the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel on which this film is based. It depicts the 1840s' journey of Missouri farmers, led by Senator William J. Tadlock (Kirk Douglas), trekking along the Oregon Trail to resettle farther west. This was Sally Field's first feature film, and she stands out in her debut.
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| 1. 5 Card Stud (1968)
aka: Five Card Stud
2. Prescription: Murder (1967)
aka: Columbo: Prescription Murder
3. The Way West (1967)
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