Gordon Dawson

The Ballad of Cable Hogue -- Love, comedy and drama are combined in this tale of desert survival in the Old West from legendary director Sam Peckinpah.

Love, comedy and drama are combined in this tale of desert survival in the Old West from legendary director Sam Peckinpah. A rich young widow of questionable reputation falls in love with a hardened desert rat who has mastered the art of living against incredible odds. Starring Academy Award-winner Jason Robards ("Philadelphia," "All the President's Men") and Stella Stevens ("Flamingo Road," "The Poseidon Adventure").

Love, comedy and drama are combined in this tale of desert survival in the Old West from legendary director Sam Peckinpah.

Love, comedy and drama are combined in this tale of desert survival in the Old West from legendary director Sam Peckinpah.

Double-crossed and left in the desert, Cable Hogue is saved when he finds a spring. Hogue turns the water hole into a thriving business. Everything goes his way until the advent of the automobile ends the stagecoach era.

Chuck Conners stars in this highly-charged rendition of the novel "The Night of the Tiger." Told ina series of flashbacks, we learn that Connors, a buffalo skin trader, must struggle with his lust for vengeance and his desire for reconciliation with his wife who has left him in disgrace.

Chuck Connors stars in this highly-charged rendition of the novel "The Night of the Tiger." Told in a series of flashbacks, we learn that Connors, a buffalo skin trader, must struggle with his lust for vengeance and his desire for reconciliation with his wife who has left him in disgrace.

Sam Peckinpah's light-hearted, rambunctious ode to the dying Wild West, with Jason Robards as a rascally prospector who transforms a desert water-hole into big business. Year: 1970 Director: Sam Peckinpah Starring: Jason Robards, Stella Stevens, David Warner