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Ballad of Cable Hogue (1970)
Release Year: 1970
Nation: United States of America
Alternative Title: The Ballad of Cable Hogue, Abgerechnet wird zum Schluß, A Morte Não Manda Recado, La balada de Cable Hogue, La balada del desiertio, Die Ballade von Cable Hogue, La ballata di Cable Hogu, Un nommé Cable Hogue
Director: Sam Peckinpah
Writer: Edmund Penney, Gordon T. Dawson, John Crawford
Production & Genre
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Companies: Warner Bros. Pictures
Genre: Action, Comedy, Comedy Drama, Drama, Romance, Western, Western Film
Awards & Similar
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Keywords
Keywords: desert, homeless person, prospector, prostitute, rattlesnake, reverend, stagecoach, way station
Story
Cable Hogue, a homeless prospector, is left to die in the desert after being double-crossed by his companions. He survives by finding a spring and uses its strategic location to build a way station for stagecoach passengers, making money off them. Hildy, a prostitute from the nearest town, moves in with him. Their life together thrives until the arrival of automobiles signals the end of the stagecoach era.
Summary
The Ballad of Cable Hogue is a 1970 film directed by Sam Peckinpah, blending elements of Western, comedy drama, and romance genres. The movie centers around Cable Hogue (played by Jason Robards), a resourceful homeless prospector who turns his desert survival into a profitable way station for stagecoach passengers. Hildy ( Strother Martin) is introduced as the film's leading lady, playing a sex worker who becomes Hogue's partner in their thriving establishment. The story is set against the backdrop of the late 19th century American West, capturing its transformation from a wild frontier to a modernizing era.
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