Subject(s): Scene from "Ballad of Cable Hogue" starring Jason Robards Format: 8 x 10 Glossy Photograph Origin: Authentic Warner Brothers Television Distribution photograph provided to television stations and other media outlets for promotional use. Program Title: Ballad of Cable Hogue Category: Movies Original Release Date: 1970 Television Air Date: N/A Condition: Like New Comments: The Ballad of Cable Hogue is a 1970 feature film directed by Sam Peckinpah and starring Jason Robards, Stella Stevens and David Warner. Set in the desert of Arizona during the transitional period when the frontier was closing, the movie follows three years in the life of Cable Hogue, a failed prospector. While unmistakably a Western, the movie is quite unconventional for the genre and for the director. It contains only a few brief scenes of violence and gunplay, relying more on a subtly crafted story that could better be characterized as comedic in nature.