5 Card Stud (1968)
Goofs
Anachronisms
The clothing worn in the film is not period correct. This includes men's shirts which button fully down the front (not worn until the 1920s), pants with belt loops (again 1920s) and cowboy hats which were not only not in style, but that weren't even manufactured during that era.
The race relations shown in the film were more like those of the late 1960s when the film was made, rather than the 1880s setting.
Despite most of the men during the 1880s having facial hair, the film shows surprisingly few men who do. Being clean shaven in eras before running water was difficult and the custom was for most men to have full beards and mustaches.
All of the characters have perfect, or nearly perfect, dental work. Considering that modern dental practices only became common and affordable in the 1950s, this would not be possible.
The women in the film have hairstyles which are clearly set using hairspray. Hairspray was not commonly available (nor even invented) until after WWII.
Character error
Al Dana refers to himself as a "simple town marshal" but the sign outside his office says he is a U.S. Marshal.
Continuity
When Nick is shot and dumped into the grave there is blood on his upper body, but there is no blood or bullet hole visible on his shirt.
In the church scene when The Rev. Jonathan Rudd meets Nick Evers, the Reverend collects four hymnals from the benches, placing the spine of the books in his right hand. The books then flip over with the spines in his left hand. At the end of the conversation, the stack of books flip back over with the spines in his right hand.
When Rev. Rudd opens the cut-out bible before shooting Nick Evers, the left page header shows the chapter is Exodus and the header of right page (the first cut-out page) shows the chapter is Leviticus. Later, when he opens the bible to shoot Van, the left page has a large "Leviticus" chapter title partway down, which it didn't have before.
When Van Morgan and the Reverend Rudd are shooting at the windmill, they empty their guns. The next scene shows them reloading both weapons. The revolvers had swing out cylinders. Later in the gunfight in town when they reload their pistols, they are now using Colt Peacemakers that have a loading port to the right side of the cylinder.
When Van Morgan is playing poker in the opening scene, he has a shirt on with two pockets that button down. The next morning after he crawls into town after being hit on the head the night before, he has on a shirt with one pocket.
In the stampede sequence, when the stunt performer doubling for Dean Martin dives under the buckboard, his hat falls off. Switch to the close-up of Dean Martin grabbing the rear axle and the hat is back on his head.
Factual errors
The windmill is near the edge of a cliff that is hundreds of feet high and far above the water table, which would be some distance below the bottom of the canyon.
A black man would not have been allowed to work as a bartender for white people in the 19th century.
