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The Ballad of Cable Hogue
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.
1970 · Directed by Sam Peckinpah · 121 min · Comedy · Western · Action · 18 frames
Tagline
Cable Hogue says … “Do unto others … as you would have others do unto you.”
Crew
- Written by: Edmund Penney, John Crawford, Gordon T. Dawson
- Cinematography: Lucien Ballard
- Edited by: Lou Lombardo, Frank Santillo
- Music: Jerry Goldsmith
- Produced by: Sam Peckinpah
Cast
- Jason Robards as Cable Hogue
- Stella Stevens as Hildy
- Slim Pickens as Ben Fairchild
- David Warner as Joshua
- L.Q. Jones as Taggart
- Strother Martin as Bowen
- R.G. Armstrong as Quittner
- Peter Whitney as Cushing
- Gene Evans as Clete
- William Mims as Jensen
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: Warner Bros. Pictures
- Budget: $3,716,946
- Box office: $5,000,000
- Themes: prostitute, homeless person, desert, stagecoach, prospector, reverend, way station, rattlesnake
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