The Ballad of Cable Hogue Script

Script by:John Crawford (Writer), Edmund Penney (Writer), Gordon T. Dawson (Writer)
Directed by:Sam Peckinpah
Year:1970

Plot: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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