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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Reviews for The Ballad of Cable Hogue
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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 |
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A funky and appealing Western parable directed by Sam Peckinpah. Full Review |
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4/5 |
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 |
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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. Full Review |
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4.5/5 |
Peckinpah's gentlest, boldest, and perhaps most likable film to date. Full Review |
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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 |
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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. Full Review |
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