The Ballad of Cable Hogue
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The Ballad of Cable Hogue is a 1970 Western comedy-drama film that blends offbeat humor and elegiac themes in telling the story of a desert-stranded prospector who builds a way station around a discovered water source.
All labels observed (1)
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| The Ballad of Cable Hogue canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Ballad of Cable Hogue Context triple: [Sam Peckinpah, directed, The Ballad of Cable Hogue]
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A.
The Blow
The Blow is an American indie pop band known for its minimalist electronic sound and introspective, narrative-driven lyrics.
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B.
"Red Right Hand"
"Red Right Hand" is a dark, atmospheric rock song by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, widely recognized for its sinister tone and frequent use in film and television soundtracks.
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C.
The Weary Kind
"The Weary Kind" is a country ballad written by Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett for the film "Crazy Heart," widely recognized for its poignant portrayal of a washed-up musician's struggles.
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D.
A Night This Side of Dying
"A Night This Side of Dying" is a song by Carole King featured on her 1974 album *Wrap Around Joy*.
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E.
The Horseman on the Roof
The Horseman on the Roof is a 1995 French historical adventure-romance film set during a 19th-century cholera epidemic in Provence, based on Jean Giono’s novel and starring Juliette Binoche and Olivier Martinez.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Ballad of Cable Hogue Target entity description: The Ballad of Cable Hogue is a 1970 Western comedy-drama film that blends offbeat humor and elegiac themes in telling the story of a desert-stranded prospector who builds a way station around a discovered water source.
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A.
The Blow
The Blow is an American indie pop band known for its minimalist electronic sound and introspective, narrative-driven lyrics.
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B.
"Red Right Hand"
"Red Right Hand" is a dark, atmospheric rock song by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, widely recognized for its sinister tone and frequent use in film and television soundtracks.
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C.
The Weary Kind
"The Weary Kind" is a country ballad written by Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett for the film "Crazy Heart," widely recognized for its poignant portrayal of a washed-up musician's struggles.
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D.
A Night This Side of Dying
"A Night This Side of Dying" is a song by Carole King featured on her 1974 album *Wrap Around Joy*.
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E.
The Horseman on the Roof
The Horseman on the Roof is a 1995 French historical adventure-romance film set during a 19th-century cholera epidemic in Provence, based on Jean Giono’s novel and starring Juliette Binoche and Olivier Martinez.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Western film
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film ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Lucien Ballard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| director | Sam Peckinpah NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor |
Warner Bros. Pictures
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surface form:
Warner Bros.
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| editedBy | Paul Seydor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Hildy
NERFINISHED
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Joshua Duncan Sloane NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followsInCareerAfter | The Wild Bunch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
Western
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comedy ⓘ drama ⓘ |
| hasFormat | feature film ⓘ |
| hasPosterTagline | "Cable Hogue says: You can search all you want for gold, but there’s no gold like what I’ve got." ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
change and obsolescence
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entrepreneurship ⓘ friendship ⓘ modernization encroaching on the Old West ⓘ romance ⓘ survival ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Cable Hogue NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy | Jerry Goldsmith NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOfFilmographyOf | Sam Peckinpah NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A desert-stranded prospector discovers a water source and builds a way station for travelers ⓘ |
| producer | Phil Feldman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Phil Feldman Productions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDecade | 1970s ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1970 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 121 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Edmund Penney
NERFINISHED
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John Crawford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
American Old West
NERFINISHED
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desert ⓘ |
| starring |
David Warner
NERFINISHED
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Jason Robards NERFINISHED ⓘ L.Q. Jones NERFINISHED ⓘ R.G. Armstrong NERFINISHED ⓘ Slim Pickens NERFINISHED ⓘ Stella Stevens NERFINISHED ⓘ Strother Martin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| storyBy | John Crawford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tone |
elegiac
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offbeat humor ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Subject: The Ballad of Cable Hogue Description of subject: The Ballad of Cable Hogue is a 1970 Western comedy-drama film that blends offbeat humor and elegiac themes in telling the story of a desert-stranded prospector who builds a way station around a discovered water source.
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