The Ballad of Cable Hogue

1970 · directed by Sam Peckinpah

Rating

80/100

Hit

yes

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.

The Ballad of Cable Hogue (1970), directed by Sam Peckinpah, rates 80/100 — a hit. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.

Cast

• Jason Robards
• Stella Stevens
• Slim Pickens
• David Warner
• L.Q. Jones
• Strother Martin
• R.G. Armstrong
• Peter Whitney
• Gene Evans
• William Mims

Crew

• Lucien Ballard — Director of Photography
• Frank Santillo — Editor
• Lou Lombardo — Editor
• Jerry Goldsmith — Original Music Composer
• Edmund Penney — Writer
• Gordon T. Dawson — Writer
• John Crawford — Writer

More from Sam Peckinpah

1. The Wild Bunch (1969) — 96/100 · hit
2. Ride the High Country (1962) — 80/100 · hit
3. Straw Dogs (1971) — 75/100
4. Junior Bonner (1972) — 75/100
5. Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (1974) — 75/100
6. Major Dundee (1965) — 72/100

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