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The Ballad of Cable Hogue (1970)
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Reviews Counted:2
Fresh:2
Rotten:0
Average Rating:8.9/10
Runtime: 2 hrs 2 mins
Genre: Westerns
Synopsis: This charming comic western features a winning performance by star Jason Robards as prospector Calble Hogue. Double-crossed and left for dead in the desert, Hogue recovers to find the only well for... This charming comic western features a winning performance by star Jason Robards as prospector Calble Hogue. Double-crossed and left for dead in the desert, Hogue recovers to find the only well for miles. Soon Hogue's turned the place into a thriving oasis and eventually his treacherous partners return so Hogue can have the revenge he hankers. An unusual but winning offering from the notoriously violent Peckinpah. [More]
Starring: Jason Robards, Stella Stevens, David Warner, Strother Martin
Starring: Jason Robards, Stella Stevens, David Warner, Strother Martin, L.Q. Jones, Slim Pickens, Peter Whitney, Gene Evans, R.G. Armstrong
Director: Sam Peckinpah
Director: Sam Peckinpah
Producer: Sam Peckinpah
Composer: Jerry Goldsmith
Producer: Phil Feldman, William D. Faralla
Reviews for The Ballad of Cable Hogue
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.
Peckinpah's gentlest, boldest, and perhaps most likable film to date.
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