The Marshal's Daughter

The Marshal's Daughter

71 mins | Western | June 25, 1953

To fully appreciate the western comedy The Marshal's Daughter, one must be aware that its star, a zaftig, wide-eyed lass named Laurie Anders, was in 1953 a popular TV personality. A regular on The Ken Murray Show, Anders had risen to fame with the Southern-fried catchphrase "Ah love the wi-i-i-ide open spaces!" Striking while the iron was hot, the entrepreneurial Murray produced this inexpensive oater, which cast Anders as Laurie Dawson, the singing daughter of a U.S. marshal (Hoot Gibson). Teaming with her dad to capture outlaw Trigger Gans (Bob Duncan), Laurie briefly disguises herself as a masked bandit. Amidst much stock footage from earlier westerns and a plethora of lame jokes and dreadful puns, The Marshal's Daughter is a treat for trivia buffs, featuring such virile actors as Preston S. Foster, Johnny Mack Brown, Jimmy Wakely and Buddy Baer as "themselves."

The Marshal's Daughter

71 mins | Western | June 25, 1953

The Marshal's Daughter
To fully appreciate the western comedy The Marshal's Daughter, one must be aware that its star, a zaftig, wide-eyed lass named Laurie Anders, was in 1953 a popular TV personality. A regular on The Ken Murray Show, Anders had risen to fame with the Southern-fried catchphrase "Ah love the wi-i-i-ide open spaces!" Striking while the iron was hot, the entrepreneurial Murray produced this inexpensive oater, which cast Anders as Laurie Dawson, the singing daughter of a U.S. marshal (Hoot Gibson). Teaming with her dad to capture outlaw Trigger Gans (Bob Duncan), Laurie briefly disguises herself as a masked bandit. Amidst much stock footage from earlier westerns and a plethora of lame jokes and dreadful puns, The Marshal's Daughter is a treat for trivia buffs, featuring such virile actors as Preston S. Foster, Johnny Mack Brown, Jimmy Wakely and Buddy Baer as "themselves."
Producers United Artists, Harris/Murray
Original title The Marshal's Daughter
Directors William Berke
Writers Bob Duncan

Cast

Laurie Anders

as Laurie Dawson

Hoot Gibson

as Marshal Ben Dawson

Ken Murray

as 'Smiling Billy' Murray

Preston Foster

as Preston Foster - Poker-Game Player

Johnny Mack Brown

as Johnny Mack Brown - Poker-Game Player

Jimmy Wakely

as Jimmy Wakely - Poker-Game Player

Buddy Baer

as Buddy Baer - Poker Game Player

Harry Lauter

as Russ Mason

Robert Bray

as Anderson (as Bob Bray)

Bob Duncan

as Trigger Gans

Pamela Ann Murray

as Baby Laurie Dawson

Tex Ritter

as Background Singer (singing voice)