The Marshal's Daughter (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."
Director:
William Berke
Writer:
Bob Duncan
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Laurie Anders as Laurie Dawson |
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Hoot Gibson as Marshal Ben Dawson |
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Ken Murray as 'Smiling Billy' Murray |
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Preston Foster as Preston Foster - Poker-Game Player |
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Johnny Mack Brown as Johnny Mack Brown - Poker-Game Player |
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Jimmy Wakely as Jimmy Wakely - Poker-Game Player |
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Buddy Baer as Buddy Baer - Poker Game Player |
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Harry Lauter as Russ Mason |
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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 |
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Tex Ritter as Background Singer (singing voice) |
| Directing | William Berke | Director |
| Writing | Bob Duncan | Screenplay |
