# Abgerechnet wird zum Schluss (1970)

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**Original title**: *The Ballad of Cable Hogue*
**Runtime**: 121 min
**Genres**: Comedy, Western, Action
**Directed by**: Sam Peckinpah
**Written by**: John Crawford, Gordon T. Dawson, Edmund Penney
**Starring**: Jason Robards, Stella Stevens, Slim Pickens, David Warner, L.Q. Jones, Strother Martin

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

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Peckinpah tries his hand at comedy. Cable Hogue, stranded in the desert, discovers a spring and turns it into a profitable stagecoach stop. But his success is threatened by the arrival of the automobile. It's no *Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia*, that's for sure.

**Mood tags**: bittersweet, cozy, playful

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