The Ballad of Cable Hogue (1970) Part 6

The Ballad of Cable Hogue is a 1970 Western film directed by Sam Peckinpah and starring Jason Robards, Stella Stevens, David Warner, Strother Martin, L.Q. Jones, Slim Pickens, Peter Whitney and R.G. Armstrong . Set in the desert of Arizona during the transitional period when the frontier was closing, the movie follows three years in the life of Cable Hogue, a failed prospector. While unmistakably a Western, the movie is quite 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.
Largely ignored upon its initial release, The Ballad of Cable Hogue has been rediscovered in recent years and is often held by critics as exemplary of the breadth of Peckinpah's talents. They claim that the film proves Peckinpah's ability to make unconventional and original work without resorting to explicit violence. This was the favorite film of the director. Often, when asked to speak about his work, he brought a print of this film to show, instead of one of his more famous works.
Sam Peckinpah started work on this film almost immediately after finishing work on the landmark The Wild Bunch (1969). That is why Strother Martin and L.Q. Jones were cast in similar roles in both films. This film fell weeks behind schedule due to bad weather. When they could not film, director Sam Peckinpah and his cast and crew would drink. When the film did wrap production, the bar bill came to over $70,000.

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Film & Animation

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• Ballad of Cable Hogue
• Butterfly Mornings
• Sam Peckinpah
• John Crawford
• Edmund Penney
• Jason Robards
• Stella Stevens
• David Warner
• Strother Martin
• L.Q. Jones
• Peter Whitney
• R.G. Armstrong
• Gene Evans
• Kathleen Freeman
• Matthew Peckinpah
• Jerry Goldsmith
• Richard Gillis
• Lucien Ballard

[myraj34dd]

The best thing about this movie was seeing Stella Stevens naked "tail"! If I was Caleb, I'd ell her that she could stay as long aas she wanted but shed' have to stay naked ALL THE TIME!!