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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... [More]

Starring: Jason Robards, Stella Stevens, David Warner, Strother Martin

Director: Sam Peckinpah

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Tomatometer	Critic	Review	Category
N/R		Click to read the article Full Review \| Comment \| Jan., 26 2006 03:16 AM	Time Out
N/R		Click to read the article Full Review \| Comment \| May., 24 2003 08:08 AM	Channel 4 Film
3.5/4		Not a hit at the box office, it remains one of his finest efforts, funny, touching and never mawkishly sentimental. Full Review \| Comment \| Aug., 30 2006 03:04 PM	TV Guide's Movie Guide
3/5	Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat	A funky and appealing Western parable directed by Sam Peckinpah. Full Review \| Comment \| Feb., 08 2006 06:00 AM	Spirituality and Practice
4/5	Emanuel Levy	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. Full Review \| Comment \| Jul., 06 2005 03:27 AM	EmanuelLevy.Com
3/5	Philip Martin	No review available. Comment \| May., 13 2005 12:16 PM	Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
3.5/4	Roger Ebert	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. Full Review \| Comment \| Oct., 23 2004 10:43 PM	Chicago Sun-Times
3/5	Robin Clifford	No review available. Comment \| May., 14 2004 12:32 PM	Reeling Reviews
4/5	Spence D.	No review available. Comment \| Jan., 24 2004 03:15 PM	IGN Movies
1/5	John Esther	No review available. Comment \| Aug., 21 2003 03:10 AM	Pasadena Weekly
4.5/5	Roger Greenspun	Peckinpah's gentlest, boldest, and perhaps most likable film to date. Full Review \| Comment \| May., 21 2003 05:10 PM	New York Times
	Marjorie Baumgarten	Jason Robards shines in one of his most touching and humorous performances, and David Warner is memorable as a sinning preacher man. Full Review \| Comment \| Mar., 10 2003 08:27 AM	Austin Chronicle
	Dave Kehr	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. Full Review \| Comment \| Jan., 01 2000 12:00 AM	Chicago Reader

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