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70% Critic Match
The Ballad of Cable Hogue
“Cable Hogue says … “Do unto others … as you would have others do unto you.””
7.0 / 10• 1970• 2h 1m•R• English
ComedyWesternAction
Storyline
Double-crossed and left without water in the desert, Cable Hogue is saved when he finds a spring. It is in just the right spot for a much needed rest stop on the local stagecoach line, and Hogue uses this to his advantage. He builds a house and makes money off the stagecoach passengers. Hildy, a prostitute from the nearest town, moves in with him. Hogue has everything going his way until the advent of the automobile ends the era of the stagecoach.
Cast & Crew
Jason Robards
Cable Hogue
Lead
Stella Stevens
Hildy
Slim Pickens
Ben Fairchild
David Warner
Joshua
L.Q. Jones
Taggart
Strother Martin
Bowen
R.G. Armstrong
Quittner
Peter Whitney
Cushing
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Sam Peckinpah's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. The Ballad of Cable Hogue is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
