The Marshal's Daughter

Synopsis

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."

Main Cast

Laurie Anders

Laurie Dawson

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Hoot Gibson

Marshal Ben Dawson

Age : 70 | Popularity : 8%

Ken Murray

'Smiling Billy' Murray

Age : 85 | Popularity : 8%

Preston Foster

Preston Foster - Poker-Game Player

Age : 69 | Popularity : 11%

Johnny Mack Brown

Johnny Mack Brown - Poker-Game Player

Age : 70 | Popularity : 6%

Jimmy Wakely

Jimmy Wakely - Poker-Game Player

Age : 68 | Popularity : 3%

Buddy Baer

Buddy Baer - Poker Game Player

Age : 71 | Popularity : 4%

Harry Lauter

Russ Mason

Age : 76 | Popularity : 4%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	William Berke
Writing	Screenplay	Bob Duncan
Department	Role	Name

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