The Ballad of Cable Hogue
The Ballad of Cable Hogue

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Double-crossed and left without water in the desert, Cable Hogue is saved when he finds a spring. It is in just the right spot for a much needed rest stop on the local stagecoach line, and Hogue uses this to his advantage. He builds a house and makes money off the stagecoach passengers. Hildy, a sex worker from the nearest town, moves in with him. Hogue has everything going his way until the advent of the automobile ends the era of the stagecoach.... (Full plot summary below)

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Actors in The Ballad of Cable Hogue:

Jason Robards
Stella Stevens
Slim Pickens
David Warner
L.Q. Jones
Strother Martin

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Double-crossed and left without water in the desert, Cable Hogue is saved when he finds a spring. It is in just the right spot for a much needed rest stop on the local stagecoach line, and Hogue uses this to his advantage. He builds a house and makes money off the stagecoach passengers. Hildy, a sex worker from the nearest town, moves in with him. Hogue has everything going his way until the advent of the automobile ends the era of the stagecoach.

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New York Times - 9/10 by Roger GreenspunPeckinpah's gentlest, boldest, and perhaps most likable film to date.
Chicago Sun-Times - 9/10 by Roger EbertA fine movie, a wonderfully comic tale we didn't quite expect from a director who seems more at home with violence than with humor.
Combustible Celluloid - 9/10 by Jeffrey M. AndersonRobards' warm performance makes the film into a casual delight.
Spirituality and Practice - 6/10 by Frederic and Mary Ann BrussatA funky and appealing Western parable directed by Sam Peckinpah.
EmanuelLevy.Com - 6/10 by Emanuel LevyPeckinpah shows atypical humor and sense of music too in this original and lyrical comedy-Western-musical, with Jason Robards in top form as one of the director's most sympathetic character.
Austin Chronicle - 6/10 by Marjorie BaumgartenJason Robards shines in one of his most touching and humorous performances, and David Warner is memorable as a sinning preacher man.
User Review - 10/10 by Henri LAfter Sam Peckinpah had a great deal of succes with "The Wild Bunch" he changed the pace of mood with "The Ballad of Cable Hogue". You did not see this coming from a revolutionary director of the media whose trademarks are violence and brutuality rather than comedy and love. But that is what this movie is about. The characters are amazing and the acting as well. Especially Jason Robards and Stella Stevens shine as the individualist Cable and Hildy, the prostitute with a heart of gold. Robards makes Cable one of the most memorable western-characters of all time and Stevens makes you fall in love with Hildy. Just like "The Wild Bunch" though, this is also a movie about the end of the old west, a so-called "death of the west"-film. Although Cable isolates himself in the desert where he tries to make a business selling water and food for travellers, civilisation is always just around the corner. The aestetics of the movie work on all levels: The editing from later Robert Altman-editor, Lou Lombardo, is both classical and daring and the photography by Lucien Ballard is in the style of "The Wild Bunch" - gritty and powerful. The pace of the film and the pictures says a lot about the heart of the film. As Roger Ebert put it in his review from 1970: "The screen is filled with dirt and dust and Gila monsters and whiskers, and you begin to understand that for Peckinpah (as for many a 20th-Century American), happiness consists to some degree of getting dirty and wriggling your toes in the mud". This is a perfect film.
User Review - 10/10 by Jonny Cwell umn just seen this movie 4 the 1st time n think that this is a good movie 2 watch...its got a good cast of actors/actressess throughout this movie..i think that jason robards, david warner, gene evans, slim pickens play good parts throughout this movie...i think that the director of this western,Classics movie had done a good job of directing this movie because you never know what 2 expect throughout this movie...i think that the fight scenes n the gun shoot outs were pretty kewl throughout this movie..its a good western movie 2 watch
User Review - 10/10 by Jeremiah LAnything with Strother Martin or Slim Pickens makes me happy. Robards is great too. Funny entertaining Peckinpah western.
User Review - 10/10 by Martin TI love this movie. It's one of my favorites and it invokes a strong emotional response from me. It's charming, romantic, funny, and ultimately melancholy in its story of progress rendering you obsolete. Jason Robards is sublime and David Warner is hilarious as the horny preacher.

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