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The Ballad of Cable Hogue

1970 · 2h 1m · Comedy, Western, Action

This Sam Peckinpah gem is a weird, wonderful riff on the Western that trades gunslinger heroics for entrepreneurial hustle and existential dread—and it absolutely works. If you want something offbeat and clever tonight that respects your intelligence, watch it; if you need explosions and clear-cut heroes, skip it.

Plot

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.

Director: Sam Peckinpah

Cast: Jason Robards, Stella Stevens, Slim Pickens, David Warner, L.Q. Jones

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