The Ballad of Cable Hogue

The Ballad of Cable Hogue

2h 1m 1970 Comedy, Western, Action United States of America
Budget: $3,716,946 Revenue: $5,000,000

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

Writer

John Crawford, Edmund Penney, Gordon T. Dawson