The Marshal's Daughter

The story

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 & crew

Laurie AndersLaurie Dawson

Hoot GibsonMarshal Ben Dawson

Ken Murray'Smiling Billy' Murray

Preston FosterPreston Foster - Poker-Game Player

Johnny Mack BrownJohnny Mack Brown - Poker-Game Player

Jimmy WakelyJimmy Wakely - Poker-Game Player

Buddy BaerBuddy Baer - Poker Game Player

Harry LauterRuss Mason

Robert BrayAnderson (as Bob Bray)

Bob Duncan

Bob DuncanTrigger Gans

Pamela Ann Murray

Pamela Ann MurrayBaby Laurie Dawson

Tex RitterBackground Singer (singing voice)