Not a hit at the box office, it remains one of his finest efforts, funny, touching and never mawkishly sentimental.
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08/30/06
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... [More]
Starring: Jason Robards, Stella Stevens, David Warner, Strother Martin
Director: Sam Peckinpah
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A funky and appealing Western parable directed by Sam Peckinpah.
02/08/06
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01/26/06
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.
07/06/05
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05/13/05
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.
10/23/04
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01/24/04
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08/21/03
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05/24/03
Peckinpah's gentlest, boldest, and perhaps most likable film to date.
05/21/03
Top CriticJason Robards shines in one of his most touching and humorous performances, and David Warner is memorable as a sinning preacher man.
03/10/03
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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