A hobo accidentally stumbles onto a water spring, and creates a profitable way station in the middle of the desert.A hobo accidentally stumbles onto a water spring, and creates a profitable way station in the middle of the desert.A hobo accidentally stumbles onto a water spring, and creates a profitable way station in the middle of the desert.
- Awards
- 1 win & 2 nominations
Darwin Lamb
- The Stranger
- (as Darwin W. Lamb)
- Director
- Writers
- John Crawford
- Edmund Penney
- Gordon T. Dawson(uncredited)
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- TriviaProduction on the film fell weeks behind schedule due to bad weather. When filming was suspended, director Sam Peckinpah, along with cast and crew, would drink. When filming finally wrapped, the bar bill came to over $70,000 (equivalent to over $500,000 in 2022).
- GoofsWhen the Rev. Sloan is comforting Claudia and unbuttons her blouse, it is obvious that her skirt has a zipper. The movie takes place in 1908, but the modern zipper that would be used on clothing wasn't designed until 1913 and patented in 1917.
- Quotes
Reverend Joshua Sloan: Since I cannot rouse heaven I intend to raise hell.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade (2004)
- SoundtracksTomorrow is the Song I Sing (Main Title)
Music by Jerry Goldsmith
Lyrics by Richard Gillis
Performed by Richard Gillis
Featured review
From the director of The Wild Bunch
Cable Hogue (Jason Robards) is left in the desert without any water.After a few days he finds a springs with lots of water. He offers some water to the stagecoach passengers for money. Until the automobiles take over.He becomes a friend with a preacher Joshua Sloane (David Warner).In the nearest town lives a whore called Hildy (Stella Stevens) who becomes Cable's lover and later they move together.Sam Peckinpah directed a terrific western comedy in 1970-one year after he directed The Wild Bunch.Some people may not like it so much because it isn't as violent as The Wild Bunch but I don't mind, I don't mind at all. The casting in the movie is brilliant.Jason Robards was a perfect man to play Cable Hogue.The movie has many memorable scenes.The Ballad of Cable Hogue left a good taste in my mouth- and I still haven't got it out.
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- Petey-10
- Oct 23, 2000
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- Abgerechnet wird zum Schluß
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- $3,716,946 (estimated)
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By what name was The Ballad of Cable Hogue (1970) officially released in India in English?
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