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Movie Description This charming comic western features a winning performance by star Jason Robards as prospector Calble Hogue. Double-crossed and left for dead in the desert, Hogue recovers to find the only well for miles. Soon Hogue's turned the place into a thriving oasis and eventually his treacherous partners return so Hogue can have the revenge he hankers. An unusual but winning offering from the notoriously violent Peckinpah.
Synopsis This charming comic western features a winning performance by star Jason Robards as prospector Calble Hogue. Double-crossed and left for dead in the desert, Hogue recovers to find the only well for miles. Soon Hogue's turned the place into a thriving oasis and eventually his treacherous partners return so Hogue can have the revenge he hankers. An unusual but winning offering from the notoriously violent Peckinpah.
Film Notes Shot in Technicolor on location.
Additional cast: Susan O'Connell (Claudia); Max Evans (Webb Seely); Felix Nelson (William; and Easy Pickens (Easy).
Matthew Peckinpah, who plays the little boy, Matthew, is director Sam Peckinpah's son.
Copyright Phil Feldman Productions, Inc. and Warner Bros. 1969.
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