| Date | Area | Gross |
|---|---|---|
| 31 December 1975 | USA | USD 3,500,000 |
| 31 December 1980 | Worldwide | USD 5,000,000 |
| 31 December 1980 | non-USA | USD 1,500,000 |
When Cable leaves the land claim office, he walks in front of a black horse facing right.
The next shot the black horse is facing left.
When the Rev.
Sloan is comforting Claudia and unbuttons her blouse, it is obvious that her skirt has a zipper.
The movie takes place in 1908, but the modern zipper that would be used on clothing wasn't designed until 1913 and patented in 1917.
In the opening scene, Hogue confronts a Gila monster.
In the first shot, the lizard is on a large rock with its front left paw slipping over the side of the rock.
After cutting to a shot of Hogue, the view returns to the gila monster who is now standing in the middle of the same rock with no time or ability to have moved.
When Hildy is giving Hogue a bath and he gets out.
as he is wrapping the towel around him, you can see his underwear on both sides of the towel.
Satellite Award |
| Best Classic DVD |
| Date | Area | Gross |
|---|---|---|
| 31 December 1975 | USA | USD 3,500,000 |
| 31 December 1980 | Worldwide | USD 5,000,000 |
| 31 December 1980 | non-USA | USD 1,500,000 |
I'm a big fan of the films of director Sam Peckinpah. "The Ballad of Cable Hogue" may not be his best movie but it's probably my favorite.
The blowing-up of a gila monster in the opening of the movie was a turn-off. The same thing was done in 'Treasure of the Sierra Madre'--but no blood.
When Sam Peckinpah allowed some comedy to infuse his otherwise dramatic films, he displayed a subversive and very funny sense of humor. But if "The Ballad of Cable Hogue" is any indication, he was much less adept at staging an all-out comedy.
So if you come here for a well-told story you may be disappointed. Other complaints I'd have would be the occasional use of sped up footage for comedic effect, as well as the gropey priest's groping being uncomfortably played for laughs (wasn't around in the 70s- maybe that kind of thing was seen as funnier back then).
Uneven but entertaining.Nevada, early-1900s.
"The Ballad of Cable Hogue" could be labeled a drama, love story or comedy or perhaps all three. It's not considered by many, including Warner Bros.
Those who can think back to grade school no doubt can recall their class reading snippets of The Iliad or The Odyssey among other folklore of ancient antiquity. Even if you've never read the legends or seen the Disney movie, Hercules is a name we can all recognize along with Odysseus, Orion, Jason and the Argonauts etc.
It might be one of the saddest movies I've ever seen. Sam Peckinpah, second to none in western filmmaking shows us a protagonist, a lonely and kind hearted prospector Cable Hogue and western genre generally to the end of their days.
A beautiful movie. The cinematography and photography are uniquely modern.
