The Ballad of Cable Hogue

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.

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Sam Peckinpah directed The Ballad of Cable Hogue in 1970. See Sam Peckinpah's full filmography, where to start with Sam Peckinpah, or where to go after you've seen everything by Sam Peckinpah.

The Ballad of Cable Hogue was released in 1970 (EN original-language production), with a runtime of 121 minutes.