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When college buddies Ronnie (Kerwin Mathews) and Roy (Alvy Moore) are briefly detained by the Reno police in association with a casino robbery, Ronnie becomes obsessed with figuring out how to ...
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- Guy Madison
- Phil Karlson
Five Against the House is a 1955 flick that is really peculiar, on the one hand it wants to be an inarticulate college film, with dumb remarks and idiotic hazing, and on the other, a heist film with touches of noir. The acting is horrible and the script is no better. The ending, entirely pointless.
5 Against the House: Directed by Phil Karlson. With Guy Madison, Kim Novak, Brian Keith, Alvy Moore. Four vets attending college on the GI Bill and a cabaret singer try to rob a Reno Casino and pull off the perfect crime.
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- Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
- Phil Karlson
- 1955-05-19
Contemporary reviewer Richard Harland Smith has reported that Kim Novak received "favorable, albeit condescending reviews" for her portrayal of "night-club chanteuse" Kaye Greylek, which improved her status at Columbia Pictures.
Jan 3, 2021 · Blu-ray edition reviewed by Chris Galloway. January 03 2021. BUY AT: See more details, packaging, or compare. Synopsis.
September 25, 2019 by EmanuelLevy. Phil Karlson directed 5 Against the House, a well-crafted heist film noir, starring Guy Madison, Brian Keith, and Kim Novak. Based on Jack Finney’s 1954 novel of the same name, which was later serialized by Good Housekeeping magazine, the tale enters on fictionalized robbery of what was a real Nevada casino ...
Aug 5, 2019 · Reviewed by Dennis Schwartz. Phil Karlson (“The Phenix City Story”/”Kansas City Confidential”/”Scandal Sheet”)directs with verve this gripping caper thriller based on a Good Housekeeping serialized magazine story that was based on the novel by Jack Finney and is well-written byJohn Barnwell, William Bowers, Stirling Silliphant and ...
