A control cable comprising: an inner cable; an outer casing in which the inner cable slides; a hollow member to be fixed to an end portion of the outer casing; a rod member including a fixing portion which one end of the inner cable is fixed, and being configured to move inside the hollow member; and a coil spring through which the inner cable is inserted, the coil spring being placed in the hollow member so as to be expandable and contractible along a slide direction of the rod member by being connected to the fixing portion at one end of the coil spring and being connected to a seating portion, which is provided on an inner side of the hollow member, at another end of the coil spring such that the other end of the coil spring is restricted from moving to a side of the outer casing, wherein: a gap (5x, 5y, 5z) exists in a radial direction between the rod member and the hollow member, the coil spring has a wire diameter (d) that allows the coil spring wire to enter the gap, the coil spring includes; a small-diameter portion slidable along an outer peripheral surface of the inner cable, and a large-diameter portion having an inner diameter larger than an inner diameter of the small-diameter portion, an inner diameter of an internal space of a leading end portion in which the rod member and the coil spring are placed in the hollow member is larger than both an outer diameter of the rod member and an outer diameter of the large-diameter portion of the coil spring, throughout a length of the leading end portion, and the small-diameter portion is provided in a position where movement of the small-diameter portion in the radial direction is suppressed by the inner cable when the one end of the coil spring is pressed by the fixing portion, and entry of the coil spring into the gap can be suppressed as a result. an inner cable; an outer casing in which the inner cable slides; a hollow member to be fixed to an end portion of the outer casing; a rod member including a fixing portion which one end of the inner cable is fixed, and being configured to move inside the hollow member; and a coil spring through which the inner cable is inserted, the coil spring being placed in the hollow member so as to be expandable and contractible along a slide direction of the rod member by being connected to the fixing portion at one end of the coil spring and being connected to a seating portion, which is provided on an inner side of the hollow member, at another end of the coil spring such that the other end of the coil spring is restricted from moving to a side of the outer casing, wherein: a gap (5x, 5y, 5z) exists in a radial direction between the rod member and the hollow member, the coil spring has a wire diameter (d) that allows the coil spring wire to enter the gap, the coil spring includes; a small-diameter portion slidable along an outer peripheral surface of the inner cable, and a large-diameter portion having an inner diameter larger than an inner diameter of the small-diameter portion, an inner diameter of an internal space of a leading end portion in which the rod member and the coil spring are placed in the hollow member is larger than both an outer diameter of the rod member and an outer diameter of the large-diameter portion of the coil spring, throughout a length of the leading end portion, and the small-diameter portion is provided in a position where movement of the small-diameter portion in the radial direction is suppressed by the inner cable when the one end of the coil spring is pressed by the fixing portion, and entry of the coil spring into the gap can be suppressed as a result. a gap (5x, 5y, 5z) exists in a radial direction between the rod member and the hollow member, the coil spring has a wire diameter (d) that allows the coil spring wire to enter the gap, the coil spring includes; a small-diameter portion slidable along an outer peripheral surface of the inner cable, and a large-diameter portion having an inner diameter larger than an inner diameter of the small-diameter portion, a small-diameter portion slidable along an outer peripheral surface of the inner cable, and a large-diameter portion having an inner diameter larger than an inner diameter of the small-diameter portion, an inner diameter of an internal space of a leading end portion in which the rod member and the coil spring are placed in the hollow member is larger than both an outer diameter of the rod member and an outer diameter of the large-diameter portion of the coil spring, throughout a length of the leading end portion, and the small-diameter portion is provided in a position where movement of the small-diameter portion in the radial direction is suppressed by the inner cable when the one end of the coil spring is pressed by the fixing portion, and entry of the coil spring into the gap can be suppressed as a result.