The Ballad of Cable Hogue (1970)

Directed by

Sam Peckinpah

Genre

Western film, comedy drama

Country

United States

Runtime

2h 01m

Rated

R

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 227 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In the closing days of the frontier, a failed prospector is stranded in the Arizona desert. He survives and later builds a small stagecoach stop. The story follows his efforts to make a living and find connection over three years.

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What happens

The Ballad of Cable Hogue is a 1970 American Western comedy film directed and produced by Sam Peckinpah, and starring Jason Robards, Stella Stevens and David Warner. Set in the Arizona desert during a period when the frontier was closing, the film follows three years in the life of a failed prospector (Robards). While unmistakably a Western, the movie is unconventional for the genre and for the director. It contains only a few brief scenes of violence and gunplay, relying more on a subtly crafted story that could better be characterized as comedic in nature. The film was released by Warner Bros. on March 18, 1970. It was a critical and commercial disappointment on initial release, but has since undergone a reevaluation. Peckinpah himself considered it one of his favorites of his own works. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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