It's one of Sam Peckinpah's best westerns, and now you can watch it on Movistar Plus+: abandoned in the middle of the desert

One of director Sam Peckinpah 's most beloved films now returns to the small screen thanks to its addition to the Movistar Plus+ streaming platform in Spain. It's one of his most personal works, a twilight western with touches of comedy , romance, and tragedy, which focuses on the decline of the Old West through an unforgettable character and a story steeped in symbolism, humanity, and desert dust.

The Ballad of Cable Hogue , released in 1970 after the success of The Wild Bunch , offers a surprising twist in the director's filmography by minimizing violence and opting for a more intimate narrative . Jason Robards plays a betrayed and abandoned prospector who finds a well in the middle of the desert and turns the discovery into an opportunity for rebirth.

He is joined by Stella Stevens as the unforgettable Hildy and David Warner as Reverend Joshua, two characters who bring emotion, comedy, and a melancholic tone to this story of survival and transformation . Set at the dawn of the 20th century, the film depicts the relentless advance of progress: cars replace stagecoaches, water is no longer essential, and the characters are swept away by change.

The scene in which a car drives through Cable's fountain is a powerful metaphor for the end of an era. This final twist, as tragic as it is poetic, confirms this as one of Peckinpah's best twilight Westerns, a work that has been recognized over time as one of the most profound and moving of the genre.

With music by Jerry Goldsmith and original songs by Richard Gillis, The Ballad of Cable Hogue moves away from epic to embrace the human, the absurd, and the inevitable . Since its release, it has been interpreted as a Western elegy, a reflection on failure, redemption, and the impossibility of stopping the passage of time.