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5 Against the House

  • 1955
  • Approved
  • 1 Std. 24 Min.
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Brian Keith, Kim Novak, Guy Madison, Kerwin Mathews, and Alvy Moore in 5 Against the House (1955)
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Film NoirKapernPsychologischer ThrillerPsychologisches DramaRaubDramaKriminalitätRomanzeThriller

Füge eine Handlung in deiner Sprache hinzuFour vets attending college on the GI Bill and a cabaret singer try to rob a Reno Casino and pull off the perfect crime.Four vets attending college on the GI Bill and a cabaret singer try to rob a Reno Casino and pull off the perfect crime.Four vets attending college on the GI Bill and a cabaret singer try to rob a Reno Casino and pull off the perfect crime.

  • Regie
    • Phil Karlson
  • Drehbuch
    • Stirling Silliphant
    • William Bowers
    • John Barnwell
  • Hauptbesetzung
    • Guy Madison
    • Kim Novak
    • Brian Keith
  • Siehe Produktionsinformationen bei IMDbPro
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    5,8/10
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    • Regie
      • Phil Karlson
    • Drehbuch
      • Stirling Silliphant
      • William Bowers
      • John Barnwell
    • Hauptbesetzung
      • Guy Madison
      • Kim Novak
      • Brian Keith
    • 47Benutzerrezensionen
    • 36Kritische Rezensionen
  • Siehe Produktionsinformationen bei IMDbPro
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      • 1 Nominierung insgesamt

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    Guy Madison
    Guy Madison
    • Al Mercer
    Kim Novak
    Kim Novak
    • Kay Greylek
    Brian Keith
    Brian Keith
    • Brick
    Alvy Moore
    Alvy Moore
    • Roy
    Kerwin Mathews
    Kerwin Mathews
    • Ronnie
    William Conrad
    William Conrad
    • Eric Berg
    Jack Diamond
    • Francis Spiegelbauer
    • (as Jack Dimond)
    Jean Willes
    Jean Willes
    • Virginia
    Adelle August
    Adelle August
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    George Boyce
    • Waiter
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    Paul Bradley
    Paul Bradley
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    Thom Carney
    Thom Carney
    • Young Guard
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    George Cisar
    George Cisar
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    • Nightclub Patron
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    Frank Gerstle
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    Kathryn Grant
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      • Phil Karlson
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      • Stirling Silliphant
      • William Bowers
      • John Barnwell
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    6bkoganbing

    A Robbery In Reno

    5 Against The House is a stylish noir caper film that involves four Korean War Veterans and the girl friend of one of them in a heist against a Reno casino. It was directed by Phil Karlson and while it's a bit slow in developing when the action starts, it builds up to a good climax.

    The four veterans are Guy Madison, Alvy Moore, Kerwin Matthews, and Brian Keith. They're in college on the GI Bill of Rights and being a bit older than the other students there and with a shared wartime bonding, they kind of keep to themselves.

    After a night in Reno where they overhear an arresting cop with a suspect who tried to rob Harold's club there saying how impossible it was. That gives Kerwin Matthews who's the genius of the group an idea to plan the perfect crime.

    The others mean it as a prank to give the money back, but Keith is not a well man having spent some time in the psycho ward at the Veteran's Administration. He means to keep the money and he brings a long a pistol to enforce his argument.

    It's hard for Madison to say no to Keith, he saved his life in Korea. But Madison who is also romantically involved with Kim Novak resents her being roped in on the scheme.

    Best in the film is Brian Keith who does a very good job in suggesting a fundamentally decent man who's been unhinged by his wartime experiences. You have to understand that in order to understand why the film ended as it did.

    Novak looks fetching and lovely as always and gets a couple of inconsequential songs to sing, no doubt dubbed as they were in Pal Joey.

    5 Against The House did no harm to any of the careers among the cast here. Especially that of Kim Novak who was being prepped to take Rita Hayworth's spot as Columbia Picture's new sex goddess.
    7hitchcockthelegend

    He has a system you know!

    Four college buddies are out in a Reno casino when they mistakenly almost get arrested for a failed robbery. Upon proving their innocence, they hear a cop saying that robbing this particular casino is nigh on impossible. This gets young Ronnie thinking that it actually can be done, and sure enough he comes up with a fool proof plan that should be played out as a joke robbery. However, after letting his pals in on the plan, one of them, Brick, an ex army loose cannon, wants to do it for real.

    There are many good things about this Phil Karlson directed picture, things that made me particularly glad I paid no attention to the meagre rating on the IMDb and watched it with no expectation. The cast is very strong, Guy Madison, Brian Keith, Alvy Moore, a young pre swash buckling Kerwin Mathews and a sultry and gorgeous Kim Novak in only her second credited role. Location work at Lake Tahoe is easy on the eye and the story from John Barnwell (adapting from Jack Finney's novel) is a good one, with a kicker of an idea in how to rob a casino.

    I think that newcomers to the film should prepare for a more offbeat picture than what the plot synopsis hints at. It certainly has got tense moments, courtesy in the main from Keith's borderline psycho, but it's practically a talky picture with flecks of humour right up to the finale, where it all comes together without histrionics or fanfare. Phil Karlson, with the awesome Scandal Sheet on his CV, appeared on the face of it to be a good choice to direct, but although he has done crime/adventure/romance films very well before, blending those genres into one film was asking a bit too much. It's not bad directing, it's just an odd fusion that never really comes off, and it possibly stops the film from breaking out to a bigger and more appreciative audience. Karlson remains, though, a director well worth reappraisals because he has some excellent credits on his CV that are well worth checking out.

    Still, it's an oddity of sorts, and tagging it as a Noir picture is a bit of a stretch, but this is one that's definitely recommended for the pluses that do indeed far outweigh the minuses. 7/10
    5blanche-2

    B heist film directed by Phil Karlson

    Phil Karlson directed a lot of B movies and this one, "Five Against the House" is another one, released in 1955. It's notable for having Kim Novak in it just before she hit real stardom, and she's gorgeous. The other stars are Guy Madison, Brian Keith, Kerwin Mathews, and Alvy Moore. The story concerns Korea War vets in college on the GI bill who become involved in the heist of a Reno casino. It's supposed to be a lark by one of the men, Ronnie (Mathews). just to see if it could be done; he plans on returning the money. Lark or not, Al (Madison) opts out, but travels to Reno with his girlfriend Kay (Novak) and the rest of the guys as he and Kay are planning to be married there. However, the psychologically unstable Brick (Keith) decides to do the heist for real and forces his buddy Al to go along with it. Brick saved Al's life in Korea, and Al doesn't feel he can refuse him, even though the plan now involves Kay.

    Though the end of the film had some excitement, the rest of it drags. The acting is adequate. Though the guys had served in Korea and entered college late, as far as I know, the Korean war lasted three years and not ten. With the exception of 29-year-old Mathews, the rest of the actors are in the 33-35 year-old range. Madison's career started out promisingly, but he became best known as Wild Bill Hickok on television and eventually made many Italian westerns; physical ailments kept him from working often past 1975 - his last credit is 8 years before his death in 1996. The other actors worked mainly in television except for the handsome Kerwin Mathews, who found career success in another type of film genre before his retirement circa 1978.

    What the film has going for it is a really neat atmosphere. It was filmed on location in Lake Tahoe and Reno, and that part of it really pays off.

    Of mild interest.
    5thethirdtear

    The idea was good, but the build up took forever.

    This movie, 5 Against the House, had an interesting tag line which is why I saw it. However, I found that the build up of the story line and the build up of the characters took forever! Once the plot got going though, about thirty-five minutes in, the story took off from there and held my attention until the end. This movie is good if you are looking for an obscure film noir to view, other than that, pass on it.
    5secondtake

    Great moments but lots of awkward filler...but some cool early Nevada gambling!

    5 Against the House (1955)

    Let's try to give this the best angle: the last half hour is terrific.

    Before that is a lot of off and on development. The four hapless, likable college chaps are a kind of wobbly precursor to the "Ocean's Eleven," the 1960 casino classic (also a bit wobbly, actually, if you watch it again, but still a classic). The casino where this one begins is a vintage gem, an old style, small town joint (Reno, in 1955, was a small city), with guns on the wall and general lack of swank. It's great. And there's Kim Novak, not for her appearance or her singing (both were soon to be talked about), but simply for her screen presence, her higher level of professionalism. And she sings to some smooth easy band music. Novak was almost unknown--she had appeared in a sleeper noir called "Pushover" the previous year, but it was later in 1955 she starred in her breakout films, "Pal Joey" and "The Man with the Golden Arm". Finally, among the four lead males, Brian Keith, mostly known for decades of television work, is a surprisingly powerful figure, making the most of what he has to work with.

    That's the extent of it, and Novak can't hold up the whole movie (especially all the parts she's not in--her role is relatively small). The chummy joking between the boys is weak stuff, including the college scenes, but these are meant to tap into the growing collegiate population (a full decade after WWII, college was becoming a far more normal step after high school). The initial crime incident with its interaction with the cops is patently unconvincing. And then there is the way the movie is patched together in separate segments. The first, fun road trip suddenly turns into a series of unexplained romances, which leads to the main plot again.

    Why is this considered a film noir? Well, it actually has one key element, the soldier returned from war trying to cope with American mainstream life, only now the war is the Korean War, which changes both the romance and depth of the situation, at least historically. And there is, eventually, a full blown criminal aspect. In fact, the last half hour is tightly made, and if the gimmick is a bit of a stretch, it's all well done, and even if you don't like the movie overall, you'll really find the ending has a great feel to it, with lots of great night stuff. Reno back then was a neon wonderland, very cool!

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      Harolds Club casino was opened in 1935 by brothers Harold and Raymond Smith as a seven-story casino without a hotel. In 1970 it was sold to Howard Hughes, and was sold again in December 1994. It closed three months later. Harrah's bought the property in 1999 and demolished it. The building had a 70-by-35 foot mural of old west pioneer settlers, which was saved and taken to the Reno Livestock Events Center.
    • Patzer
      En route to Reno while riding in house trailer, thieves put on gloves and begin wiping down interior so their fingerprints can't be traced, but in following scenes, before they've reached destination, are no longer wearing gloves and are touching everything.
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      Roy: [to Buck] Well, that's the trouble with liquor. You take one drink, and it makes a new man out of you. Then the new man has to have a drink too - quote and unquote.

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      Featured in Kim Novak: Live from the TCM Classic Film Festival (2013)
    • Soundtracks
      The Life of the Party
      (uncredited)

      Written by Hal Hackady and Billy Mure

      Sung by Kim Novak (dubbed by Jo Ann Greer)

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    • Erscheinungsdatum
      • 19. Mai 1955 (Vereinigtes Königreich)
    • Herkunftsland
      • Vereinigte Staaten
    • Offizielle Standorte
      • Streaming on "Cine Noir" YouTube Channel
      • Streaming on "Grand Cinema" YouTube Channel
    • Sprache
      • Englisch
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      • Five Against the House
    • Drehorte
      • Harold's Club Casino - 250 N. Virginia Street, Reno, Nevada, USA(Casino chosen to rob)
    • Produktionsfirma
      • Romson Productions
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      • 1 Std. 24 Min.(84 min)
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