UW Cinematheque - Sam Peckinpah Centennial
The Ballad of Cable Hogue | USA | 1970 | 35mm | 121 min. Director: Sam Peckinpah
Event Details
Date
Saturday, March 15, 2025
Time
7 p.m.
Location
4070 Vilas Hall
Description
Cast: Jason Robards, Stella Stevens, David Warner
Cable Hogue (Robards) is a lonely prospector, robbed of his claim and left to die in the desert. He cheats death and fate when he stumbles on an oasis and turns it into a profitable stagecoach stop. Later, Cable falls for the beautiful Hildy (Stevens), a prostitute who wants him to choose between his love for her and his quest for revenge against the men who robbed him.
Cable Hogue (Robards) is a lonely prospector, robbed of his claim and left to die in the desert. He cheats death and fate when he stumbles on an oasis and turns it into a profitable stagecoach stop. Later, Cable falls for the beautiful Hildy (Stevens), a prostitute who wants him to choose between his love for her and his quest for revenge against the men who robbed him.
Cost
Free
Contact
Accessibility
We value inclusion and access for all participants and are pleased to provide reasonable accommodations for this event. Please call 608-262-3627 or email ben.reiser@wisc.edu to make a disability-related accommodation request. Requests should be made by Saturday, March 1, 2025, though reasonable effort will be made to support late accommodation requests.