The Ballad of Cable Hogue

The Ballad of Cable Hogue
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Sam Peckinpah
Written by	John Crawford Edmund Penney
Produced by	Sam Peckinpah
Starring	Jason Robards Stella Stevens David Warner
Cinematography	Lucien Ballard
Edited by	Frank Santillo Lou Lombardo
Music by	Jerry Goldsmith Richard Gillis
Production company	Warner Bros.
Distributed by	Warner Bros.
Release date	March 18, 1970 (1970-03-18) (Los Angeles)[1]
Running time	121 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$3,716,946[2]
Box office	$2,445,863 (by 1973)[3]

The Ballad of Cable Hogue is a 1970 American Technicolor Western comedy film directed 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. While unmistakably a Western, the movie is unconventional for the genre and for the director. It contains only a few brief scenes of violence and gunplay, relying more on a subtly crafted story that could better be characterized as comedic in nature.