Brain Keith was the the standout here as Brick,, Keith had some great line as he becomes totolly unhinged
Brick: to a sexy woman who is gambling] I'm a stranger in town. Can you direct me to your house?
Phil Karlson's 5 Against the House (1955) was an early credit for Kim Novak, made before she'd proven herself as a box office draw.
This casino heist film is bookend by two long sections n Reno focusing on the now-defunct Harold's Club.
5 Against the House originated with a novel of the same name by Jack Finney, best known as the author of The Body Snatchers (serialized in Colliers), which Don Siegel turned into the sci-fi classic Invasion of the Body Snatchers the following year. The punchy crime tale, about a quintet of college friends who dream up and nearly execute the heist of a Reno, Nevada casino was first serialized in, of all places, Good Housekeeping in 1954 (Martin Scorsese has claimed that Karlson's movie adaptation of the book influenced his own 1995 film Casino).
Phil Karlson's 5 Against the House (1955) was an early credit for Kim Novak, made before she'd proven herself as a box office draw.
This casino heist film is bookend by two long sections n Reno focusing on the now-defunct Harold's Club.
5 Against the House originated with a novel of the same name by Jack Finney, best known as the author of The Body Snatchers (serialized in Colliers), which Don Siegel turned into the sci-fi classic Invasion of the Body Snatchers the following year. The punchy crime tale, about a quintet of college friends who dream up and nearly execute the heist of a Reno, Nevada casino was first serialized in, of all places, Good Housekeeping in 1954 (Martin Scorsese has claimed that Karlson's movie adaptation of the book influenced his own 1995 film Casino).