The Ballad of Cable Hogue poster
Director Sam Peckinpah
Writer John Crawford, Gordon T. Dawson, Edmund Penney

The Ballad of Cable Hogue

Tagline: Cable Hogue says … “Do unto others … as you would have others do unto you.”

Release Date: 1970-03-18

Duration: 121 minutes

Synopsis

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.

Casting

  • Jason Robards
    Cable Hogue
  • Stella Stevens
    Hildy
  • L.Q. Jones
    Taggart
  • David Warner
    Joshua
  • R. G. Armstrong
    Quittner
  • James Anderson
    Preacher
  • Kathleen Freeman
    Mrs. Jensen
  • Strother Martin
    Bowen
  • Slim Pickens
    Ben Fairchild
  • Vaughn Taylor
    Powell