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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

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  • Ballad of Cable Hogue, The
  • Sam Peckinpah's light-hearted, rambunctious ode to the dying Wild West, with Jason Robards as a rascally prospector who transforms a desert water-hole into big business.
  • Year: 1970
  • Director: Sam Peckinpah
  • Starring: Jason Robards, Stella Stevens, David Warner
  • Source: Warner Home Video
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    Not a hit at the box office, it remains one of his finest efforts, funny, touching and never mawkishly sentimental.

    Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | comment Comment
    08/30/06
    TV Guide's Movie Guide

    A funky and appealing Western parable directed by Sam Peckinpah.

    Full Review Source: Spirituality and Practice | comment Comment
    02/08/06
    Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
    Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
    Spirituality and Practice
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    01/26/06
    Time Out

    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.

    Full Review Source: EmanuelLevy.Com | comment Comment
    07/06/05
    Emanuel Levy
    Emanuel Levy
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    No review available.

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    05/13/05
    Philip Martin
    Philip Martin
    Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

    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.

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    10/23/04
    Roger Ebert
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    08/21/03
    John Esther
    John Esther
    Pasadena Weekly
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    05/24/03
    Channel 4 Film

    Peckinpah's gentlest, boldest, and perhaps most likable film to date.

    Full Review Source: New York Times | comment Comment
    05/21/03
    Roger Greenspun
    Roger Greenspun
    New York Times
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    Jason Robards shines in one of his most touching and humorous performances, and David Warner is memorable as a sinning preacher man.

    Full Review Source: Austin Chronicle | comment Comment
    03/10/03
    Marjorie Baumgarten
    Marjorie Baumgarten
    Austin Chronicle

    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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