The Ballad of Cable Hogue

★★★★★

Turkish title: Çöl şeytanı

“Cable Hogue says … “Do unto others … as you would have others do unto you.”

1970 · 2 h 1 min

Directed by Sam Peckinpah

ComedyDramaRomance

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Cast

Jason Robards

Credits

Written by: John Crawford

Plot

A prospector builds a stagecoach stop.

Sinekatalog’s take

Sam Peckinpah's gentle, comic western follows a prospector building a stagecoach stop. Jason Robards is wonderful, and this lyrical elegy for the passing West is a warm, underrated Peckinpah surprise.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

Ratings

IMDb: 7.2 / 10 (11,528 votes)
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