The Ballad of Cable Hogue
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The Ballad of Cable Hogue

The Ballad of Cable Hogue

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1970

Release Year

121 min

Runtime

Comedy
Western
Action

Overview

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.

Keywords

prostitute
homeless person
desert
stagecoach
prospector
reverend
way station
rattlesnake

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John Chard

John Chard

May 17, 2017

10
10/10

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 censors, a bit of violence here and there - and some nasty human traits seam through the story, but thi

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