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Un nommé Cable Hogue

Original title: The Ballad of Cable Hogue
  • 1970
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  • 2h 1m
IMDb RATING
7.2/10
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Jason Robards and Stella Stevens in Un nommé Cable Hogue (1970)
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A penniless vagabond accidentally stumbles onto a water spring in a desert wasteland and creates a profitable way station for stagecoach traffic.A penniless vagabond accidentally stumbles onto a water spring in a desert wasteland and creates a profitable way station for stagecoach traffic.A penniless vagabond accidentally stumbles onto a water spring in a desert wasteland and creates a profitable way station for stagecoach traffic.

  • Director
    • Sam Peckinpah
  • Writers
    • John Crawford
    • Edmund Penney
    • Gordon T. Dawson
  • Stars
    • Jason Robards
    • Stella Stevens
    • David Warner
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.2/10
    11K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Sam Peckinpah
    • Writers
      • John Crawford
      • Edmund Penney
      • Gordon T. Dawson
    • Stars
      • Jason Robards
      • Stella Stevens
      • David Warner
    • 90User reviews
    • 44Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 win & 2 nominations total

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    Jason Robards
    Jason Robards
    • Cable Hogue
    Stella Stevens
    Stella Stevens
    • Hildy
    David Warner
    David Warner
    • Reverend Joshua Duncan Sloan
    Strother Martin
    Strother Martin
    • Bowen
    Slim Pickens
    Slim Pickens
    • Ben Fairchild
    L.Q. Jones
    L.Q. Jones
    • Taggart
    Peter Whitney
    Peter Whitney
    • Cushing
    R.G. Armstrong
    R.G. Armstrong
    • Quittner
    Gene Evans
    Gene Evans
    • Clete
    William Mims
    William Mims
    • Jensen
    Kathleen Freeman
    Kathleen Freeman
    • Mrs. Jensen
    Susan O'Connell
    • Claudia
    Vaughn Taylor
    Vaughn Taylor
    • Powell
    Max Evans
    • Webb Seely
    James Anderson
    James Anderson
    • Preacher
    Felix Nelson
    • William
    Darwin Lamb
    • The Stranger
    • (as Darwin W. Lamb)
    Mary Munday
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    • Director
      • Sam Peckinpah
    • Writers
      • John Crawford
      • Edmund Penney
      • Gordon T. Dawson
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    bobsgrock

    Peckinpah expands his horizons.

    In direct response to the controversy which erupted over the unprecedented violence and gritty realism of The Wild Bunch, Sam Peckinpah did what many of the greatest American filmmakers have done over the years. His next project would end up being almost intentionally counter to the previous film.

    The result was The Ballad of Cable Hogue, a small-scale, intimate tale that is equal parts a nostalgic look back to the Old West and a tribute to the kind of man capable of surviving and thriving in such an environment. Jason Robards is touching and firm as the title character, left for dead in the prologue but able to fight through his misfortunes and create his own oasis. Along the way, he encounters a most unusual and shifty man of the cloth and a prostitute with a heart of gold. Stella Stevens is really wonderful as Hildy, one of the best examples of this most ancient of Hollywood screenplay clichés. Her romance with Hogue is both sincere and sad as Peckinpah uses this as a template for how the romantic West quickly found its way into decline and obsolescence.

    Peckinpah may have gotten a lot of flack for The Wild Bunch but this film received almost just as much criticism, ironically for being almost exactly not what he had come to be known for. However, some forty years later, Peckinpah's true vision of men unable to conform to the regularities of society shines through. Gorgeous photography, solid acting, a beautiful score and themes of survival and memory point to this as one of the most brutal Western director's gentlest and personal triumphs.
    7aelaycock

    Peckinpah's gentle elegy for the Wild West

    I didn't even know this was a Sam Peckinpah movie when I watched it. It has been programmed regularly on Cable TV here in the UK, and I idly switched over to it one Sunday evening. Cowboy movies in 2012? You must be joking! However, I was sufficiently hooked to watch this guy left for dead in the desert. It looks like Jason Robards, so it has to have something going for it. He finds a muddy puddle in the desert. OK, a cliché about this guy building up a prosperous business from scratch. Well, not quite. The clichés never happen. Instead the dialogue is interesting, poetic, never predictable. The character of Cable Hogue has depth and empathy. David Warner hoves into view as a disreputable preacher, dressed in black and thin as a gutter. In the nearest town we meet the hooker, played beautifully by the delectable Stella Stevens. OK, there are elements of slapstick which never quite work, but you feel the movie has something beyond the conventional western. When I discovered it was by Peckinpah, I immediately thought - yes, this is the work of a great director. Not a full-blown symphony, perhaps a string quartet (though by all accounts it cost enough to make). It leaves you with a feeling of satisfaction, tinged with melancholy. That coyote at the end has a collar - perhaps a symbol of the taming of the wilderness.
    9hitchcockthelegend

    Peckinpah's lyrical vision of the West provides humour and comfort to director and viewer alike.

    The Ballad Of Cable Hogue sees Sam Peckinpah in jolly form. There is nothing here to trouble the censors, a bit of violence here and there - and some nasty human traits seam through the story, but this is purely a funny and touching movie that again deals with a Peckinpah fave theme of the Old West passing. Only difference is here he has his tongue firmly in cheek as he observes the thirst for finance sweeping across the country.

    Cable Hogue is a prospector left for dead in the desert by his two double-crossing partners Bowen & Taggart. Wandering across the desert talking to god, Hogue collapses during a sandstorm and finds mud on his boot, after digging down for a while he finds the miracle of water (though Hogue badly misspells this on his advertisement). An encounter with preacher Joshua convinces Hogue to go patent his spring and make a killing selling water to the passing stagecoach trail that runs by his newly found oasis. After striking a deal in the town of Dead Dog, Hogue is set up nicely while into the bargain he falls for gorgeous prostitute Hildy. The film cheekily (just like Hogue) has established itself as a fine piece by the time it takes it's dark turn. It seems that revenge is the new found recipe on the Cable Springs Menu.

    This was Sam Peckinpah's favourite film from his own CV, it's his most personal, he apparently saw a lot of himself in Cable Hogue, and with that in mind the film does gain a bit more emotional heart. But strikingly, it's the humour in there that shouldn't be understated, this was the director at one with himself, and the result is lyrical deftness. The cast are great, Jason Robards is wonderful in the title role, Stella Stevens as Hildy shows a fine actress at work. So much so it only makes me lament that she didn't have a great and industrious career post Cable Hogue. Peckinpah faves Strother Martin, L.Q. Jones & Slim Pickens reward their loyal director with impacting shows, while David Warner as the confused sexual predator preacher Joshua practically steals the film with his hedonistic leanings.

    Don't go into this film expecting a blood and thunder Western and you will be pleasantly surprised at its thematic heartbeat. Different sort of Peckinpah, but it's also essential Peckinpah. 9/10
    7ma-cortes

    Stirring and lyrical Western marvelously performed and compellingly directed

    This classic Western deal with Cable Hogue (Jason Robards) a roguish hustler who in search of good life discovers water and gets property some lands placed on a desert in remote part of the Old West . After getting its register in the Land Office , Cable meets a whore (Stella Stevens) and falls in love with her . Cable along with the prostitute and a lecherous priest (David Warner) care his stopover as resort-lodging of a line stage. Hogue's Castle was a real-life hotel which was acquired in Bishop, California. It was packed-up and transported along with its own furniture to its shooting location across the border in Nevada.

    Interesting story about a loner who turns into successful entrepreneur is deliberately paced by Sam Peckinpah and the production base for the film was at Echo Bay, Nevada . A twilight story ,¨Ballad of Cable Hogue¨ is a director Sam Peckinpah's lovely effort, feeling look at the world of the Western. Jason Robards , engagingly easygoing but obstinate , is the title character, a drifter who strives to preserve his values in an often harsh modern world . Robards turns a magnificent acting as a hustler who is searching in a changing world for values that have long time disappeared . He also must deal with his two enemies well played by usual Peckinpah couple, L.Q. Jones and Strother Martin , and a lovely whore wonderfully performed by Stella Stevens in his best role ever acted . Sam Peckinpah started work on this film almost immediately after finishing work on the landmark ¨Wild bunch¨ that is why Strother Martin and L.Q. Jones were cast in similar roles in both films . David Warner is particularly fine as the raunchy priest and in his relationship to Jason Robards strike real sparks. Furthermore, it contains an emotive score by the master Jerry Goldsmith, adding various sensitive country-western songs . Colorful and glimmer cinematography by Lucien Ballard, Peckinpah's usual, make this one a winner. An agreeable western with marvelous interpretations and exciting , enjoyable images including split-frames and fast-motion . This outstanding motion picture is stunningly directed by Sam Peckinpah, creating a true classic . Restored and reissued various times with diverse running . ¨The Ballad of Cable Hogue ¨ is a real must see for fans of the genre . This is a much quieter movie than habitual from ¨Cross of Iron¨, ¨Straw dogs¨, ¨The getaway¨, ¨Wild bunch¨ , ¨Major Dundee¨ director Sam Peckinpah who has always a deft eye for period detail . Rating : Above average, well worth watching .
    7bkoganbing

    An enterprising desert rascal

    It can be argued that Jason Robards gave his career screen performance in the title role of in The Ballad of Cable Hogue. Borrowing heavily from Lee Marvin's Kid Shalleen from Cat Ballou, Robards is one desert rascal who turns a crisis into a moneymaker.

    Old time prospector Cable Hogue is deserted and left to die on the desert by his two partners, Strother Martin and L.Q. Jones. Ready to cash it in, he happens on some water, the only water in a desert between two Nevada towns. With only 35 cents to his name, he takes a claim on the two acres where that spring is and through some wit and rascally charm he gets the stagecoach line to open up a station right there.

    In the list of Sam Peckinpah's screen credits this is the only comedy in the bunch and I'm surprised he didn't do more. None of those slow motion hymns to violence are in this film, but Peckinpah does show a good sense of comedy which given the type of stuff he normally did you wouldn't think he would have.

    Of course the other half of the credit for The Ballad of Cable Hogue belongs to Jason Robards and the droll performance he delivers. Cable Hogue is a man who's got a good sense of himself and ain't easily trifled with.

    Stella Stevens is good as the tart where her heart ought to be. And such Peckinpah regulars as Slim Pickens and R.G. Armstrong round out a very capable supporting cast.

    For unusual taste of Peckinpah, you really ought to see The Ballad of Cable Hogue.

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    • Trivia
      The chaotic filming wrapped 19 days over schedule and $3 million over budget, terminating Sam Peckinpah's tenure with Warner Bros./Seven Arts, and caused permanent damage to his career. The critical and box office hits Délivrance (1972) and Jeremiah Johnson (1972) were in development at the time, and Peckinpah was considered the first choice to direct them. His departure from Warner Brothers left him with a limited number of directing jobs. Peckinpah was forced to do a 180-degree turn from this film, and travelled to England to direct Les Chiens de paille (1971), one of his darkest and most psychologically disturbing films.
    • Goofs
      When the Rev. Sloan is comforting Claudia and unbuttons her blouse, it's obvious that her skirt has a zipper. The movie takes place in 1908, but the modern zipper for clothing wasn't developed until 1913 and patented in 1917.
    • Quotes

      [last lines]

      Reverend Joshua Sloan: Lord, as the day draws towards evening, this life grows to the end of us all, we say "Adieu" to our friend. Take him, Lord, but knowing Cable, I suggest you do not take him lightly. Amen.

    • Connections
      Featured in L'Ouest de Sam Peckinpah: La loi selon un renégat d'Hollywood (2004)
    • Soundtracks
      Tomorrow is the Song I Sing (Main Title)
      Music by Jerry Goldsmith

      Lyrics by Richard Gillis

      Performed by Richard Gillis

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    • Release date
      • June 12, 1970 (France)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • La balada del desierto
    • Filming locations
      • Apache Junction, Arizona, USA
    • Production companies
      • Eaves Movie Ranch
      • Warner Bros.
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      • $3,716,946 (estimated)
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    • Runtime
      2 hours 1 minute
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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