The Marshal's Daughter

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."

Details

Status

Released

Release date

June 25, 1953

Original language

English

Spoken languages

English

Countries

United States of America

Production

United Artists,Harris/Murray

Cast

Ken Murray,Robert Bray,Preston Foster,Hoot Gibson,Johnny Mack Brown,Pamela Ann Murray,Tex Ritter,Buddy Baer,Harry Lauter,Laurie Andersand 2 more

Director

William Berke

Writer

Bob Duncan

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0046050