The Ballad of Cable Hogue

The Ballad of Cable Hogue

  • Director: Sam Peckinpah
  • Writer: John Crawford,Edmund Penney,Gordon T. Dawson
  • Countries of origin: United States
  • Language: English
  • Release date: March 18, 1970
  • Sound mix: Mono
  • Also known as: Ballade von Cable Hogue
  • "The Ballad of Cable Hogue" is a western comedy directed by Sam Peckinpah , starring Jason Robards and Stella Stevens  . It was released on May 13, 1970 .
    The film tells the story of Kaibo Huge, a western pioneer who was betrayed by his friends, miraculously found a source of water when he was dying, and made a fortune.

    Details

    • Release date March 18, 1970
    • Filming locations Apache Junction, Arizona, USA
    • Production companies Eaves Movie Ranch, Warner Bros.

    Box office

    Budget

    $3,716,946 (estimated)

    Movie reviews

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    • By Alvina 2022-02-22 08:02:08

      Social progress and fickleness of human nature

      Kaibo Huge was betrayed by his partners Targot and Buwen and took away the water and horse. He stayed in the desert and found the spring water. He met the priest Yohua and became friends with him. From Yohua, he knew to apply for a land certificate. In the town, he met the prostitute Heidi and fell in love. He waited for 3 years to get revenge like two enemies and finally waited. He killed the evil Targoth, released his follower Buwen, and took him in. After seeing the car, Xidi also came back...

    • By Roderick 2022-02-22 08:02:08

      The hymn of a passerby

      The translation of this title is really very Chinese, and it is easy to associate a sad story with literary meaning.

      In fact, the director may not necessarily be a tragedy. An unnamed dick has made money too, although she is not big, the beauty is also asleep, although she is a miserable woman, her enmity has also been reported, although two missed one. Finally died on his own territory, although the method of death was a bit bloody. How much can be considered dead right? Isn’t freedom...

    • By Jacinthe 2022-02-22 08:02:08

      Comedy Romance Westerns

      Peguinfa said that this might be his best film, but unfortunately the box office and word of mouth were very poor. He complained that you all said that my previous film was too bloody. I made a romance film, but no one watched it. . .

      Every time I mention this film, I think of the scene in which cable bathed Stella in the desert. Stella pouted her ass and lay in a large bathtub. Cable gave her a bath. She shook her hips while he sang. I will directly fill that woman's brain into a...

    • By Marcelle 2022-02-22 08:02:08

      Restore your real west

      A cowboy, whose guns, horses, and water depend on his survival, is taken by force. How will he interpret a legend in the desert? The beginning of this story is reminiscent of the famous sentence of Yuan pronoun Ma Zhiyuan, "The heartbroken man is in the end of the world". In the Gobi, the hungry and drought-stricken old cowboy Houg is preying on lizards, but he does not want to become the prey of two rascals-Tagot and Bouwin. All his belongings were robbed and humiliated, his vicissitudes of...

    • By Tamia 2022-02-22 08:02:08

      Hymn in the sunset

      After finishing the shooting of [Sunset Yellow Sand], Sam Pekinpa immediately prepared to start shooting [Cowboy Blood Tears Beauty Grace]. The latter has always been the "atypical Pekinpa" in the eyes of the critics. The sunset is the embodiment of tragic and poetic. The desert and thorns contain romance and tenderness, and the yellow sand and rocks are wrapped in narrow hope and despair. This movie, filmed in 1970, is like Pekinpa’s final funeral for his favorite westerns. He wrote a cowboy...

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    • By Hank 2023-09-10 03:05:38

      The love-hate relationship between hooligans and...

    • By Carmella 2023-08-31 12:50:31

      Unlike most westerns, the cowboy image portrayed in this film has almost no greed, chivalry, quick guns and horses, etc. The male protagonist is both good and evil, just like his priest friends at his funeral before and after death. The same is true for his coffin. The hero desert was ransacked by gangsters, and the only water bag was snatched away. When he was on the verge of dying of thirst, he accidentally discovered a water source. Relying on the water source, he built a cart and horse shop...

    • By Vita 2023-08-20 04:22:57

      Grandpa Pekinfa actually has such a gentle side, which is...

    • By Maeve 2023-07-22 16:11:59

      The car that killed the male protagonist represents the end of the western era. Sam Pekinfa is undoubtedly a director with strong western feelings. Maybe he should be born in the west. Has a sense of...

    • By Weston 2023-07-11 18:02:30

      God you must not take away your dear Camber...

    Movie plot

    Kaibo Huge was betrayed and robbed by his friends Tagore and Buwen, leaving nothing behind. While trekking in the desert, he vowed to take revenge. On the verge of dying of thirst, Huge accidentally dug up a source of water, so he had a plan to sit on the ground and sell water to passers-by. The first passer-by refused to pay and was shot by Hugh. The second traveler, the pastor Joshua, threatened to sue him for illegal possession of...
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    Behind the scenes gags

    At the beginning of the preparation of the film, the protagonist chose James Stewart, but Stewart worried that starring in this movie would affect his image, and then he went to Charles Heston, who didn’t like the script.
    During the filming process, the crew often encountered bad weather in the west, and director Pekinpa had to take the entire crew to the tavern to drink and wait for the weather to improve. As a result, the completion...
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    Evaluation action

    The film is like Pekinpa’s final funeral for his favorite westerns. He used his deep western feelings to compose a cowboy hymn. The first half of the story fully excavated Pekinpa's comedic talent, and it was filmed like a stage play, while the "atypical Pekinpa" element still contained Pekinpa's satire on the real society. If comedy is unexpected in the film, then the characterization of the film is very Pekinpa style. Joshua’s...
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    Movie quotes

    • Cable Hogue: I'll live to spit on your grave!

    • Cable Hogue: If sugar were two cents a barrel, I couldn't afford a pinch of salt and egg to put on it.

    • The Stranger: Give me that rifle!

      Cable Hogue: I'll give you what's in it!