This western directed by Sam Peckinpah is actually more of a love story than anything else. It stars Jason Robards as Cable Hogue who was abandoned in the desert by his companions because he hesitated to shoot them when he had the chance. He is left to wander the desert for days with no salvation. Just when he is about to give up hope, he discovers water by digging at some moist sand in the wasteland. Things get even better when he discovers that this oasis is right along a stagecoach line. Industrious Cable decides to lay claim to the land and open up a way-station. With the help of a dubious clergyman (David Warner) and a prostitute with a heart of gold (Stella Stevens), Cable is quite successful until the appearance of a horseless carriage changes his happy existence.
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