History Film / TheBalladOfCableHogue

* AnythingThatMoves: Joshua. It gets so bad that he actually tries to molest Hildy in the outpost... while hiding there to escape the wrath of a man he's just cuckolded.

* PullTheTrigger Provocation: When Hogue's old criminal cronies shows up to rob him, Hogue points a rifle at one. The criminal taunts him with, "You ain't got the guts, Hogue." Despite his promise to God, Hogue pulls the trigger, killing his nemesis.

* NotableOriginalMusic: While Music/JerryGoldsmith handled the score, it features three songs written by Richard Gillis (who also sings two of them), a singer-songwriter Peckinpah happened to see at a nightclub. He hired him for the film on the spot.

''The Ballad of Cable Hogue'' is a 1970 [[TheWestern Western]] film directed by Creator/SamPeckinpah.

Cable Hogue (Creator/JasonRobards) is a desert-dwelling Hobo in the turn of the century Old West. One day when out in the desert hunting for his dinner, he is ambushed by his two former partners, Taggart (L.Q. Jones) and Bowen (Strother Martin). They steal all his water and leave him for dead, mocking his situation as they ride away.

Hogue survives his ordeal in the desert, and sets up shop as a stagecoach outpost attendant outside a nearby town. He also strikes up a friendship with [[HookerWithAHeartOfGold sassy prostitute]] Hildy (Stella Stevens) and [[DirtyOldMonk perverted preacher]] Joshua (Creator/DavidWarner).

* CallBack: When Hogue is escaping from a pissed off Hildy, there's a band in the background, playing "Up the mighty river", the same song sung by the temperance movement in Film/TheWildBunch.

* SesquipedalianLoquaciousness: Joshua can talk up quite a jumble of erudition when he gets going.
-->''What do you call that vengeance that gnaws at your soul?''
* ShapedLikeItself: Hildy says that when she goes to San Francisco she'll be "The ladiest damn lady you ever seen," and Cable repeats the line when she visits him.
* ShootTheShaggyDogStory: A rare ''positive'' example. [[spoiler:Hogue never gets his revenge. [[DefeatMeansFriendship He makes peace]] with his assailants (well, one of them at least) and is then run over by a car in a freak accident. He turns the outpost over to him, while he dies peacefully in bed under the open sky, at peace with himself and the world.]]
* SinisterMinister: Joshua's just a low-level con man posing as a preacher (complete with rotating collar), and he's more AffablyEvil than villainous.
* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism: About the only one of Peckinpahs films that can be called idealistic.
* ToplessnessFromTheBack: Several nude shots of Hildy from the back. Helps that she's played by former [[Magazine/{{Playboy}} Playmate of the Month]] Stella Stevens.

* ShownTheirWork: There were lots of English immigrants in the WildWest, so having Creator/DavidWarner play Joshua was an unusual, but very plausible, casting choice.

--> ''Getting a bit thirsty here, Lord. Just thought I'd mention it. Amen''

--> ''Getting a bit thirsty here, Lord. Just thought I'd mention it.''

* ShapedLikeItself: Cable calls Hildy "The ladiest damn lady I ever saw."

* CovertPervert: Joshua lets hands wander freely around the bodies of the women he "ministers" to.

--> "Getting a bit thirsty here, Lord. Just thought I'd mention it."

* TheDeterminator: Cable Hogue. The man survived getting left for dead in the middle of the Nevada desert.

* SesquipedalianLoquaciousness: Joshua can talk up quite a jumble of erudition in his preaching mode.

* ShootTheShaggyDogStory: A rare ''positive'' example. [[spoiler:Hogue never gets his revenge. He makes peace with his assailants (well, one of them at least) and is then run over by a car in a freak accident. He turns the outpost over to him, while he dies peacefully in bed under the open sky, at peace with himself and the world.]]

* TheDeterminator: Cable Hogue.
* SopranoAndGravel: Robards and Stevens share a duet called "Butterfly Mornings" which has this effect.
* TwilightOfTheOldWest: Like Film/TheWildBunch, this is set in the early 20th century. A car and a motorcycle shows up near the end as well.

Hogue survives his ordeal in the desert, and sets up shop as a stagecoach outpost attendant outside a nearby town. He also strikes up a friendship with [[HookerWithAHeartOfGold sassy prostitute]] Hildy (Stella Stevens) and [[perverted preacher]] Joshua (Creator/DavidWarner).

Cable Hogue (Jason Robards) is a desert-dwelling Hobo in the turn of the century Old West. One day when out in the desert hunting for his dinner, he is ambushed by his two former partners, Taggart (L.Q. Jones) and Bowen (Strother Martin). They steal all his water and leave him for dead, mocking his situation as they ride away.

Hogue survives his ordeal in the desert, and sets up shop as a stagecoach outpost attendant outside a nearby town. He also strikes up a friendship with [[HookerWithAHeartOfGold sassy prostitute]] Hildy (Stella Stevens) and [[perverted preacher]] Joshua (David Warner).

--> ''"Laugh at me? Laugh at old Cable Hogue, huh?"''

''The Ballad of Cable Hogue'' is a 1970 [[TheWestern Western]] film by Creator/SamPeckinpah.

Cable Hogue (Jason Robards) is a desert dwelling Hobo in the turn of the century Old West. One day when out in the desert hunting for his dinner, he is ambushed by his two former partners, Taggart and Bowen. (Slim Pickens and Strother Martin) They steal all his water and leave him for dead, mocking his situation as they ride away.

Hogue survives his ordeal in the desert, and sets up shop as a stagecoach outpost attendant outside a nearby town. He also strikes up a friendship with [[HookerWithAHeartOfGold sassy prostitute, Hildy]] and [[BadHabits the perverted preacher, Joshua.]] (Stella Stevens and David Warner, respectively.)

The stagecoach business is just a front though. Hogue knows that one day Taggart and Bowen are bound to pass through. And when they do, [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge there'll be hell to pay...]]

* CasualDangerDialogue: Cable Hogue des this to himself when wandering through the desert.
--> "Getting a bit thirsty here, Lord. Just thought i'd mention it."

* SopranoAndGravel: Rovards and Steven share a duet called "Butterfly Mornings" which has this effect.

* {{Undercrank}}: Both Cable and Joshua have comedic scenes where they run like this. Coming from a director who usually specializes in RidiculousGibs, it's rather unbelievable to watch.

''The ballad of Cable Hogue'' is a 1970 [[TheWestern Western]] film by Creator/SamPeckinpah.

Hogue survives his ordeal in the desert, and sets up shop as a stagecoach outpost attendant outside a nearby town. He also strikes up a friendship with [[HookerWithAHeartOfGold sassy prostitute, Hildy]] and [[BadHabits the perverted preacher, Joshua.]] (Stella Stevens and David Warner, respectively.))

* ShootTheShaggyDogStory: A rare ''positive'' example. [[spoiler:Hogue never gets his revenge. He makes peace with his assailants (well, one of them at least) and is then run over by a car in a freak accident. He turns the outpost over to him, while he dies peacefully in bed under the open sky, at peace with himself and the world.]]