David Warner, Gene Evans, Jason Robards
Abandoned in the desert, prospector Cable Hogue survives his ordeal when he discovers a freshwater spring. Transforming the oasis into a much needed pit stop on the local stagecoach route, the resourc...( read more
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DVD Release Date: January 10, 2006
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Flixster Reviews (103)
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September 9, 2009Peckinpah lite. A western comedy with heart featuring the immensely likable Jason Robards and the always BEAUTIFUL Stella Stevens. A surprising amount of warmth and romance for a Sam Peckinpah film.
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September 7, 2007This marks the fourth Peckinpah film I've seen, as well as the third Peckinpah western I've ever seen.
I was intrigued this time to see a film that I did know the star of (where in Ride the High Country I did not)--that being Jason Robards. Robards I was first "formally" ...( read more) -
April 11, 2009Decent enough western from Sam Peckinpah. The cast put in likable performances, but the story is too slow and a little uninteresting.
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December 22, 2008Sam Peckinpah?s follow up to The Wild Bunch probably confounded fans expecting another blood soaked epic. What they got was a lighter, more allegorical, slightly theatrical film. It chronicles the plight of the titular character who finds water in the middle of the desert, stak...( read more)
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September 16, 2009Never liked this the first time around. After the second time, I can't stop thinking about it and how it mirrors all Peckinpah's themes. It's like poetry as the writing is just amazing, combined with Peck's visuals and... well... it's cinematic magic!
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September 6, 2009Not your usual Sam Peckinpah film. A kinder gentler story, with more humor, and less violence than most of the director?s other work. Hell, there?s even something closely resembling a tender love story.
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March 21, 2009well umn just seen this movie 4 the 1st time n think that this is a good movie 2 watch...its got a good cast of actors/actressess throughout this movie..i think that jason robards, david warner, gene evans, slim pickens play good parts throughout this movie...i think that the dir...( read more)
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December 3, 2008Sam Peckinpah has never made a more gentler film than The Ballad Of Cable Hogue. This was his reply to critics who thought he was nothing more than a blood and guts director. This is Peckinpah defying expectations and making a relativly non violent western. Cable Hogue is a comed...( read more)
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October 23, 2004
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
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