The Marshal's Daughter
movie
Man-oh-Man What a Woman!
Released June 25, 1953
Genres:
Overview
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."
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)
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Bob Duncan
as
Trigger Gans
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Pamela Ann Murray
as
Baby Laurie Dawson
Tex Ritter
as
Background Singer (singing voice)