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The Ballad of Cable Hogue

1970R2h 1m7.0 / 10

Cable Hogue says … “Do unto others … as you would have others do unto you.”

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.

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Synopsis

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 and production details

About The Ballad of Cable Hogue

Cast

Jason RobardsCable Hogue
Stella StevensHildy
Slim PickensBen Fairchild
David WarnerJoshua
L.Q. JonesTaggart
Strother MartinBowen
R.G. ArmstrongQuittner
Peter WhitneyCushing

Credits

Directed by
Sam Peckinpah
Written by
John Crawford, Gordon T. Dawson, Edmund Penney

Production details

Status
Released
Original language
English
Budget
$3.7M
Box office
$5M

Production

  • Warner Bros. PicturesUnited States

Themes

deserthomeless personprospectorprostituterattlesnakereverendstagecoachway station