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The Ballad of Cable Hogue

1970 · 121 min

Action, Comedy, Western

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.

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Appeals to viewers who enjoy offbeat frontier comedy with earthy romance, eccentric characters, and a wistful sense of an old way of life disappearing.

Tone
bittersweet, nostalgic, warm
Payoff
amusement, reflection
Pacing
steady
Intensity
moderate
Structure
linear
Themes
survival, self-reliance, companionship, social change, obsolescence
Setting
late nineteenth-century frontier, remote desert stagecoach route

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