Rent 5 Against the House (1955)
3.1 of 5 from 58 ratings
1h 24min
- General info
- Available formats
- Synopsis:
- When five college pals partying in Reno devise the perfect casino heist, they decide to go through with their plan and then return the cash, just to prove they can get away with the high-stakes prank. But when distraught Brick (Brian Keith) betrays them and plots to keep the money for himself, he imperils them all.
- Actors:
- Guy Madison, Kim Novak, Brian Keith, Alvy Moore, Kerwin Mathews, William Conrad, Jack Dimond, Jean Willes, Adelle August, George Brand, Thom Carney, Bill Catching, George Cisar, Eddie Constantine, Chuck Courtney, Frank Gerstle, Kathryn Grant, Tom Greenway, Jo Ann Greer, Geraldine Hall
- Directors:
- Phil Karlson
- Producers:
- John Barnwell, Stirling Silliphant
- Writers:
- Stirling Silliphant, William Bowers, John Barnwell, Jack Finney, Frank Tashlin
- Aka:
- Five Against the House
- Genres:
- Classics, Drama, Romance, Thrillers
- Collections:
- Cinema Paradiso's 2022 Centenary Club, Heist Movies: A 20-Year Stretch, A Brief History of Film...
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 30/11/2020
- Run Time:
- 84 minutes
- Languages:
- English LPCM Mono
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.85:1
- Colour:
- B & W
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Audio commentary with David Jenkins on '5 Against the House'
- The Guardian Interview with Mickey Rooney (1988): archival audio recording
- The Guardian Interview with Kim Novak (1997): archival video recording
- It's a Jungle Out There: archival interview with Robert Loggia
- The Fleet That Came to Stay (1945): WWII documentary made by Budd Boetticher
- Screen Snapshots: 'Mickey Rooney, Then and Now' (1953): promotional short
- Man on a Bus (1955): short film directed by Joseph H Lewis
- Original theatrical trailer
- Image galleries: promotional and publicity materials
- Six short films starring the Three Stooges, lampooning the tropes and themes of the features included
- World and UK premiere on Blu-ray