---
title: 'The Ballad of Cable Hogue (1970)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Sam Peckinpah'
released: '1970-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 121
genres:
  - 'Western'
  - 'Comedy'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-ballad-of-cable-hogue-1970'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065446/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Ballad of Cable Hogue (1970)

1970 · 121 min · Western, Comedy · United States


## Synopsis

The Ballad of Cable Hogue is a 1970 American Western comedy film directed and produced 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 (Robards).

## Credits

- **Director:** [Sam Peckinpah](https://cinepixo.com/people/sam-peckinpah)
- **Producer:** [Sam Peckinpah](https://cinepixo.com/people/sam-peckinpah)
- **Screenplay:** [John Crawford](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-crawford), [Edmund Penney](https://cinepixo.com/people/edmund-penney)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Jerry Goldsmith](https://cinepixo.com/people/jerry-goldsmith)
- **Director of Photography:** [Lucien Ballard](https://cinepixo.com/people/lucien-ballard)
- **Editor:** [Frank Santillo](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-santillo)

## Cast

- [Slim Pickens](https://cinepixo.com/people/slim-pickens)
- [L. Q. Jones](https://cinepixo.com/people/l-q-jones)
- [Vaughn Taylor](https://cinepixo.com/people/vaughn-taylor)
- [Stella Stevens](https://cinepixo.com/people/stella-stevens)
- [James Anderson](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-anderson)
- [Strother Martin](https://cinepixo.com/people/strother-martin)
- [Peter Whitney](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-whitney)
- [Kathleen Freeman](https://cinepixo.com/people/kathleen-freeman)
- [Gene Evans](https://cinepixo.com/people/gene-evans)
- [Jason Robards](https://cinepixo.com/people/jason-robards)
- [R. G. Armstrong](https://cinepixo.com/people/r-g-armstrong)
- [David Warner](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-warner)

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