Not a hit at the box office, it remains one of his finest efforts, funny, touching and never mawkishly sentimental.
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... 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 miles. Soon Hogue's turned the place into a thriving oasis and eventually his treacherous partners return so Hogue can have the revenge he hankers. An unusual but winning offering from the notoriously violent Peckinpah. [More]
Starring: Jason Robards, Stella Stevens, David Warner, Strother Martin
Starring: Jason Robards, Stella Stevens, David Warner, Strother Martin, L.Q. Jones, Slim Pickens, Peter Whitney, Gene Evans, R.G. Armstrong
Director: Sam Peckinpah
Director: Sam Peckinpah
Producer: Sam Peckinpah
Composer: Jerry Goldsmith
Producer: Phil Feldman, William D. Faralla
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Jan 10, 2006
Reviews for The Ballad of Cable Hogue
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.
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.
Peckinpah's gentlest, boldest, and perhaps most likable film to date.
Jason Robards shines in one of his most touching and humorous performances, and David Warner is memorable as a sinning preacher man.
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.
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