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Mar 18, 1970 · The Ballad of Cable Hogue: Directed by Sam Peckinpah. With Jason Robards, Stella Stevens, David Warner, Strother Martin. A hobo accidentally stumbles onto a water spring, and creates a profitable way station in the middle of the desert.
- (11K)
- Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Sam Peckinpah
- 1970-03-18
The Ballad of Cable Hogue is a 1970 American Technicolor Western comedy film directed by Sam Peckinpah and starring Jason Robards, Stella Stevens and David Warner. Set in the Arizona desert during a period when the frontier was closing, the film follows three years in the life of a failed prospector.
Cable Hogue (Jason Robards) is left alone to die in the unforgiving desert by two colleagues, only to find his fortune when he discovers water in an area where none was thought...
- (17)
- Sam Peckinpah
- R
- Jason Robards
After four days of aimless wandering and desperate prayer Hogue discovers water. As its site is the only hole within 40 miles and conveniently close to the stagecoach route, Hogue establishes Cable Springs, an oasis for weary travelers.
- Sam Peckinpah, John Gaudioso
- Jason Robards Jr.
Sam Peckinpah’s “The Ballad of Cable Hogue” is a splendid example of the New Western. It’s also a fine movie, a wonderfully comic tale we didn’t quite expect from a director who seems more at home with violence than with humor.
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Sam Peckinpah's light-hearted, rambunctious ode to the dying Wild West, with Jason Robards as a rascally prospector who transforms a desert water-hole into big business. Year: 1970 Director: Sam ...