SESSION: Sunday 22nd December at 7pm



Ride the High Country

(1962, dir. Sam Peckinpah, w/ Randolph Scott, Joel McCrea, Mariette Hartley, Ron Starr)

Aging ex-marshal Steve Judd is hired by a bank to transport a gold shipment through dangerous territory. He hires an old partner, Gil Westrum, and his young protege Heck to assist him. Steve doesn't know, however, that Gil and Heck plan to steal the gold, with or without Steve's help. On the trail, the three get involved in a young woman's desire to escape first from her father, then from her fiance and his dangerously psychotic brothers. (IMDB)

FILM INFO 3.753.753.753.75(IMDB rating)

The Ballad of Cable Hogue

(1970, dir. Sam Peckinpah, w/ Jason Robards, Stella Stevens, David Warner, Strother Martin)

The Ballad of Cable Hogue will start at approximately 9:00pm, and finish at approximately 11:07pm.

Double-crossed and left without water in the desert, Cable Hogue is saved when he finds a spring. It is in just the right spot for a much needed rest stop on the local stagecoach line, and Hogue uses this to his advantage. He builds a house and makes money off the stagecoach passengers. Hildy, a sex worker from the nearest town, moves in with him. Hogue has everything going his way until the advent of the automobile ends the era of the stagecoach. (IMDB)

FILM INFO 3.653.653.653.65(IMDB rating)