The Ballad of Cable Hogue (1970)
Directed by Sam Peckinpah · Cinematography by Lucien Ballard
R121 min52 frames
ComedyWesternAction
Cable Hogue says … “Do unto others … as you would have others do unto you.”
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What is The Ballad of Cable Hogue about?
Double-crossed and left without water in the desert, Cable Hogue is saved when he finds a spring. It is in just the right spot for a much needed rest stop on the local stagecoach line, and Hogue uses this to his advantage. He builds a house and makes money off the stagecoach passengers. Hildy, a prostitute from the nearest town, moves in with him. Hogue has everything going his way until the advent of the automobile ends the era of the stagecoach.
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).
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Sampled across 52 frames, the coverage of The Ballad of Cable Hogue leans on medium shots (54% of the sample) and close-ups (21%). Cinematographer Lucien Ballard keeps 75% of it in soft, naturalistic light. This is largely a daylight film — 69% of the frames play in daylight. Anamorphic glass shapes the frame. Focus stays shallow in 67% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings.
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