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The Ballad of Cable Hogue

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The Ballad of Cable Hogue (1970)

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Reviews Counted:11

Fresh:10

Rotten:1

Average Rating:7/10

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

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05/24/03
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Not a hit at the box office, it remains one of his finest efforts, funny, touching and never mawkishly sentimental.

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08/30/06
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A funky and appealing Western parable directed by Sam Peckinpah.

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02/08/06
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Spirituality and Practice

Peckinpah 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.

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07/06/05
Emanuel Levy
Emanuel Levy
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05/13/05
Philip Martin
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

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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10/23/04
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Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
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01/24/04
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IGN Movies

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08/21/03
John Esther
John Esther
Pasadena Weekly

Peckinpah's gentlest, boldest, and perhaps most likable film to date.

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05/21/03
Roger Greenspun
Roger Greenspun
New York Times
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Jason Robards shines in one of his most touching and humorous performances, and David Warner is memorable as a sinning preacher man.

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03/10/03
Marjorie Baumgarten
Marjorie Baumgarten
Austin Chronicle

Sam Peckinpah followed The Wild Bunch with this intimate, eccentric, appealing 1970 comedy, which treats many of the same themes in a soft, regretful mode.

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Dave Kehr
Dave Kehr
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