{"id":4906,"date":"2007-12-02T10:56:17","date_gmt":"2007-12-02T17:56:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=4906"},"modified":"2021-07-27T10:47:41","modified_gmt":"2021-07-27T17:47:41","slug":"ballad-of-cable-hogue-the-1970","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=4906","title":{"rendered":"Ballad of Cable Hogue, The (1970)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;In all the long, wrought out, back-breakin&#8217;, kidney-shakin&#8217;, bladder-bustin&#8217; miles from here to Lizard, there&#8217;s not one spot of wet relief for man or beast.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table\n\n\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/Ballad-Cable-Hogue-Poster.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/Ballad-Cable-Hogue-Poster-207x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"207\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-62423\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/Ballad-Cable-Hogue-Poster-207x300.png 207w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/Ballad-Cable-Hogue-Poster-705x1024.png 705w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/Ballad-Cable-Hogue-Poster-88x128.png 88w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/Ballad-Cable-Hogue-Poster-768x1115.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/Ballad-Cable-Hogue-Poster-186x270.png 186w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/Ballad-Cable-Hogue-Poster.png 775w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 207px) 100vw, 207px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nWhen robbed and left to die in the desert, an illiterate wanderer (Jason Robards) stumbles upon a spring which he proceeds to turn into a profitable way-station. Meanwhile, he falls for a feisty prostitute (Stella Stevens), receives assistance from a con-artist &#8220;preacher&#8221; (David Warner), and hopes to seek revenge on the men who abandoned him.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Comedy<\/li>\n<li>David Warner Films<\/li>\n<li>Deserts<\/li>\n<li>Get Rich Quick<\/li>\n<li>Jason Robards Films<\/li>\n<li>Prostitutes<\/li>\n<li>Sam Peckinpah Films<\/li>\n<li>Settlers<\/li>\n<li>Stella Stevens Films<\/li>\n<li>Westerns<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Response to Peary&#8217;s Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nPeary argues that this &#8220;simple, bawdy, lyrical film is one of [Sam] Peckinpah&#8217;s best&#8221; &#8212; but I disagree. While Robards is indeed &#8220;wonderful&#8221; (he alone makes the film worth watching), the story itself leaves much to be desired: after an inspired first half-hour or so &#8212; in which Hogue stakes his claim in town, and eyes a busty wench (Stevens) with hilariously unmitigated lust &#8212; the narrative devolves into slapstick, and it&#8217;s all downhill from there. Warner&#8217;s participation in Hogue&#8217;s venture is never clearly explained (his smooth-talking attempts to bed married women are irritating, not funny), and Stevens &#8212; while undeniably sexy (it&#8217;s easy to see why men would go gaga over her) &#8212; quickly loses sympathy the first time she throws a conniption fit; this is NOT how a slick business woman would react. Peckinpah&#8217;s use of both dated cinematic techniques (including sped-up running) and cloying flower-children songs throughout the soundtrack make matters worse. Jason Robards is really the only reason to sit through this disappointing sleeper. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Jason Robards as Cable Hogue<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/boch-robards2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/boch-robards2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1200\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4907\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Lucien Ballard&#8217;s fine cinematography<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/boch-cinematography.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/boch-cinematography.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1200\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4908\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo, but it&#8217;s worth a look simply for Robards&#8217; winning performance. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/imdb.com\/title\/tt0065446\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1970\/05\/14\/archives\/screen-sam-peckinpahs-ballad-of-cable-hogue.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rogerebert.com\/reviews\/the-ballad-of-cable-hogue-1970#:~:text=Sam%20Peckinpah's%20%22The%20Ballad%20of,with%20violence%20than%20with%20humor.\">Roger Ebert&#8217;s Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dvdtalk.com\/dvdsavant\/s1860peck.html\">DVD Savant Review (scroll down)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcm.com\/tcmdb\/title\/21716\/the-ballad-of-cable-hogue\/#articles-reviews?articleId=113875\">TCM DVD Article<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/movies\/the-ballad-of-cable-hogue\">Time Out Capsule Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;In all the long, wrought out, back-breakin&#8217;, kidney-shakin&#8217;, bladder-bustin&#8217; miles from here to Lizard, there&#8217;s not one spot of wet relief for man or beast.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4906","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-responses-to-peary"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4906","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4906"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4906\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":74459,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4906\/revisions\/74459"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4906"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4906"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4906"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}