The read
A Balasaur Score of 77 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.2/10, Rotten Tomatoes 94%. Critics rate it 22 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 90% of the 639 1970s comedy movies in this catalog.
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.
Ratings
Critics rate it 22 points higher than audiences do.
230 audience votes
Key crew
- Sam PeckinpahDirector
- John CrawfordWriter
- Edmund PenneyWriter
- Jerry GoldsmithOriginal Music Composer
- Gordon T. DawsonWriter
Cast
- Jason RobardsCable Hogue
- Stella StevensHildy
- Slim PickensBen Fairchild
- David WarnerJoshua
- L.Q. JonesTaggart
- Strother MartinBowen
- R.G. ArmstrongQuittner
- Peter WhitneyCushing
- Gene EvansClete
- William MimsJensen
- Susan O'ConnellClaudia
- Vaughn TaylorPowell
Stills
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Themes
The Best Movies of 1970
The Ballad of Cable Hogue is #13 of 60
