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The Ballad of Cable Hogue

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Jason Robards and Stella Stevens in The Ballad of Cable Hogue (1970)
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A hobo accidentally stumbles onto a water spring, and creates a profitable way station in the middle of the desert.A hobo accidentally stumbles onto a water spring, and creates a profitable way station in the middle of the desert.A hobo accidentally stumbles onto a water spring, and creates a profitable way station in the middle of the desert.
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  • Director
    • Sam Peckinpah
  • Writers
    • John Crawford
    • Edmund Penney
    • Gordon T. Dawson(uncredited)
  • Stars
    • Jason Robards
    • Stella Stevens
    • David Warner
Top credits
  • Director
    • Sam Peckinpah
  • Writers
    • John Crawford
    • Edmund Penney
    • Gordon T. Dawson(uncredited)
  • Stars
    • Jason Robards
    • Stella Stevens
    • David Warner
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    • 75User reviews
    • 45Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 1 win & 2 nominations

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    Jason Robards, David Warner, and Peter Whitney in The Ballad of Cable Hogue (1970)
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    Jason Robards and Stella Stevens in The Ballad of Cable Hogue (1970)
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    Jason Robards
    Jason Robards
    • Cable Hogueas Cable Hogue
    Stella Stevens
    Stella Stevens
    • Hildyas Hildy
    David Warner
    David Warner
    • Reverend Joshua Douglas Sloanas Reverend Joshua Douglas Sloan
    Strother Martin
    Strother Martin
    • Bowenas Bowen
    Slim Pickens
    Slim Pickens
    • Ben Fairchildas Ben Fairchild
    L.Q. Jones
    L.Q. Jones
    • Taggartas Taggart
    Peter Whitney
    Peter Whitney
    • Cushingas Cushing
    R.G. Armstrong
    R.G. Armstrong
    • Quittneras Quittner
    Gene Evans
    Gene Evans
    • Cleteas Clete
    William Mims
    William Mims
    • Jensenas Jensen
    Kathleen Freeman
    Kathleen Freeman
    • Mrs. Jensenas Mrs. Jensen
    Susan O'Connell
    • Claudiaas Claudia
    Vaughn Taylor
    Vaughn Taylor
    • Powellas Powell
    Max Evans
    • Webb Seelyas Webb Seely
    James Anderson
    James Anderson
    • Preacheras Preacher
    Felix Nelson
    • Williamas William
    Darwin Lamb
    • The Strangeras The Stranger
    • (as Darwin W. Lamb)
    Mary Munday
    • Dotas Dot
    • Director
      • Sam Peckinpah
    • Writers
      • John Crawford
      • Edmund Penney
      • Gordon T. Dawson(uncredited)
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    • Trivia
      Production on the film fell weeks behind schedule due to bad weather. When filming was suspended, director Sam Peckinpah, along with cast and crew, would drink. When filming finally wrapped, the bar bill came to over $70,000 (equivalent to over $483,000 in 2021).
    • Goofs
      In the opening scene Cable is pointing a Henry rifle, which has a thick barrel and small bore, at Bowen and Taggart. Bowen then wrestles the rifle away from Cable and as Bowen points the rifle at Cable, it is now a thinner barrel and larger bore Winchester.
    • Quotes

      Reverend Joshua Sloan: Since I cannot rouse heaven I intend to raise hell.

    • Connections
      Featured in Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade (2004)
    • Soundtracks
      Tomorrow is the Song I Sing (Main Title)
      Music by Jerry Goldsmith

      Lyrics by Richard Gillis

      Performed by Richard Gillis

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    Peckinpah expands his horizons.
    In direct response to the controversy which erupted over the unprecedented violence and gritty realism of The Wild Bunch, Sam Peckinpah did what many of the greatest American filmmakers have done over the years. His next project would end up being almost intentionally counter to the previous film.

    The result was The Ballad of Cable Hogue, a small-scale, intimate tale that is equal parts a nostalgic look back to the Old West and a tribute to the kind of man capable of surviving and thriving in such an environment. Jason Robards is touching and firm as the title character, left for dead in the prologue but able to fight through his misfortunes and create his own oasis. Along the way, he encounters a most unusual and shifty man of the cloth and a prostitute with a heart of gold. Stella Stevens is really wonderful as Hildy, one of the best examples of this most ancient of Hollywood screenplay clichés. Her romance with Hogue is both sincere and sad as Peckinpah uses this as a template for how the romantic West quickly found its way into decline and obsolescence.

    Peckinpah may have gotten a lot of flack for The Wild Bunch but this film received almost just as much criticism, ironically for being almost exactly not what he had come to be known for. However, some forty years later, Peckinpah's true vision of men unable to conform to the regularities of society shines through. Gorgeous photography, solid acting, a beautiful score and themes of survival and memory point to this as one of the most brutal Western director's gentlest and personal triumphs.
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    • Release date
      • March 18, 1970 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Abgerechnet wird zum Schluß
    • Filming locations
      • Apache Junction, Arizona, USA
    • Production companies
      • Eaves Movie Ranch
      • Warner Bros.
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    • Budget
      • $3,716,946 (estimated)
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    • Runtime
      2 hours 1 minute
    • Sound mix
      • Mono

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