Ballad of Cable Hogue (1970)
Année de sortie : 1970
Pays : United States
Titre alternatif : The Ballad of Cable Hogue, Abgerechnet wird zum Schluß, A Morte Não Manda Recado, La balada de Cable Hogue, La balada del desiertio, Die Ballade von Cable Hogue, La ballata di Cable Hogu, Un nommé Cable Hogue
Réalisateur : Sam Peckinpah
Scénariste : Edmund Penney, Gordon T. Dawson, John Crawford
Production & Genre
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Sociétés : Warner Bros. Pictures
Genre : Action, Comedy, Comedy Drama, Drama, Romance, Western, Western Film
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Mots-clés
Mots-clés : desert, homeless person, prospector, prostitute, rattlesnake, reverend, stagecoach, way station
Synopsis
Cable Hogue, a homeless prospector, is left to die in the desert after being double-crossed by his companions. He survives by finding a spring and uses its strategic location to build a way station for stagecoach passengers, making money off them. Hildy, a prostitute from the nearest town, moves in with him. Their life together thrives until the arrival of automobiles signals the end of the stagecoach era.
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Résumé
The Ballad of Cable Hogue is a 1970 film directed by Sam Peckinpah, blending elements of Western, comedy drama, and romance genres. The movie centers around Cable Hogue (played by Jason Robards), a resourceful homeless prospector who turns his desert survival into a profitable way station for stagecoach passengers. Hildy ( Strother Martin) is introduced as the film's leading lady, playing a sex worker who becomes Hogue's partner in their thriving establishment. The story is set against the backdrop of the late 19th century American West, capturing its transformation from a wild frontier to a modernizing era.
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