The Ballad of Cable Hogue
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| Directed by | Sam Peckinpah |
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| Produced by | Sam Peckinpah |
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| Cinematography | Lucien Ballard |
| Edited by | Frank Santillo Lou Lombardo |
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| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
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Running time | 121 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $3,716,946 |
| Box office | $2,445,863 (by 1973) |
The Ballad of Cable Hogue is a 1970 American Technicolor Western comedy film directed by Sam Peckinpah and starring Jason Robards, Stella Stevens and David Warner. Set in the Arizona desert during a period when the frontier was closing, the film follows three years in the life of a failed prospector. While unmistakably a Western, the movie is unconventional for the genre and for the director. It contains only a few brief scenes of violence and gunplay, relying more on a subtly crafted story that could better be characterized as comedic in nature.