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The Ballad of Cable Hogue

1970 · directed by Sam Peckinpah · 121 min
23,153 feet · Prominence
1,313rd of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw47

Lifetime worldwide gross $5m, re-releases included; about $43m in 2026 money.

Rank4,575 of 11,051In 197023 of 38

How Draw works

Inflation-adjusted worldwide box office, on one global curve, and nothing else. It does not know whether a film was good.

Praise94

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics94 baseAwards0 signal → +0 lift

No award rows on file, usually missing data rather than missing honours. Wikidata is thin for older and non-English films.

How Praise works

Critics set the score; a tiered award record, Picture and Directing carrying the most weight, claims half the headroom above it. Praise is the verdict at the time; Legacy is the verdict since. This film is near critically unanimous and barely registers on awards, so there is little headroom for awards to claim. The score is the critics' verdict, nearly untouched.

Legacy38

Judged directly: Minor Peckinpah, quiet footprint.

Verdict38 of 100IMDb7.2 from 11kWikipedia4k views a monthAge56 years

Scored beside it · 1,876 of 4,039 films judged

If it does not belong in this company, the number is wrong.

How Legacy works

Legacy is a judgment, not a formula. A film can be adored by critics and culturally quiet, or lightly reviewed and permanently lodged in the culture, and no arithmetic over IMDb numbers tells the difference. Every signal behind it keeps updating.

draw 47 praise 94 legacy 38averages 60, placing it at23,153 ft
How the three become one number

Added, not multiplied, so a film transcendent on one pillar and weak on another is not zeroed out. A compression curve then squeezes the top, because the seven greatest films ever made should not be four thousand feet apart.

Whose apex this is

▲ Jason Robards▲ Peter Whitney

In these careers — elevation for this film

Jason Robards19,846 ftDavid Warner18,777 ftStella Stevens18,724 ftSlim Pickens17,984 ftStrother Martin17,982 ftPeter Whitney17,733 ft