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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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6.969/10

John Chard
Peckinpah's lyrical vision of the West provides humour and comfort to director and viewer alike. The Ballad Of Cable Hogue sees Sam Peckinpah in jolly form. There is nothing here to trouble the cen... read more
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Cast

Jason Robards
Cable Hogue

Stella Stevens
Hildy

Slim Pickens
Ben Fairchild

David Warner
Joshua

L.Q. Jones
Taggart

Strother Martin
Bowen

R.G. Armstrong
Quittner

Peter Whitney
Cushing

Gene Evans
Clete
William Mims
Jensen
Susan O'Connell
Claudia

Vaughn Taylor
Powell

Kathleen Freeman
Mrs. Jensen
Max Evans
Webb Seely

James Anderson
Preacher
Felix Nelson
William
Darwin Lamb
The Stranger

Mary Munday
Dot
William D. Faralla
Lucius
Matthew Peckinpah
Matthew

Victor Izay
Stage Office Clerk
Easy Pickens
Easy
Director

Sam Peckinpah
Director
John Gaudioso
Assistant Director
Creator

John Crawford
Writer
Edmund Penney
Writer
Gordon T. Dawson
Writer