When Cable Hogue (Jason Robards) is left in the desert without any water double-crossed by his partners Taggart (L.Q. Jones) and Bowen (Strother Martin), he prays for God and four days later he finds a spring in the route of the stagecoach to Deaddog City. Cable meets the preacher Joshua Sloane (David Warner), who advises him to claim for the land, and he rides to Deaddog where he has an encounter with the prostitute Hildy (Stella Stevens). He is financed by the local banker and builds a stagecoach stop with water, restroom and meals helped by Reverend Joshua. Later, Hildy is expelled by the dwellers of Deaddog and she moves to Cable's place, becoming his lover. She invites Cable to move with her to San Francisco, but Cable wants to revenge first against Taggart and Bowen.
"The Ballad of Cable Hogue" is an unusual western; actually it is a bitter comedy in the Wild West. This film is completely uneven, with pleasant and funny moments alternating with others boring and dull; the abrupt ending is awful, with a scene that is simply thrown to the viewers without any further explanation, just to symbolize the end of an era but it does not work well. Jason Robards and David Warner are excellent, but the sexy and extremely gorgeous Stella Stevens is awesome and "steals" the movie. My vote is six.
Title (Brazil): "A Morte Não Manda Recado" ("The Death Does not Send Message")
"The Ballad of Cable Hogue" is an unusual western; actually it is a bitter comedy in the Wild West. This film is completely uneven, with pleasant and funny moments alternating with others boring and dull; the abrupt ending is awful, with a scene that is simply thrown to the viewers without any further explanation, just to symbolize the end of an era but it does not work well. Jason Robards and David Warner are excellent, but the sexy and extremely gorgeous Stella Stevens is awesome and "steals" the movie. My vote is six.
Title (Brazil): "A Morte Não Manda Recado" ("The Death Does not Send Message")