The Daughters of Joshua Cabe explained

Genre:Western
Director:Philip Leacock
Executive Producer:Aaron Spelling
Leonard Goldberg
Producer:Richard E. Lyons
Starring:Buddy Ebsen
Music:Jeff Alexander
Country:United States
Language:English
Cinematography:Archie R. Dalzell
(as Arch Dalzell)
Editor:Art Seid
Runtime:74 minutes
Company:Spelling-Goldberg Productions
Network:ABC

The Daughters of Joshua Cabe is a 1972 American made-for-television Western film directed by Philip Leacock. The story is about an aging homesteader in the Old West who needs children to help him establish his claim on his property. With his real daughters unavailable, he recruits three young women with minor criminal backgrounds to pose as his daughters.

The film was originally written for Walter Brennan.[1] Buddy Ebsen wound up playing the role of Joshua Cabe instead.[2]

The show drew "solid ratings".[3] It was the fifth most watched show that week.[4]

There were two sequels in the next few years, with mostly different casts from the original and from each other.

Plot

Due to a homesteading law, a fur trapper schemes to keep his land by hiring a hooker, a pickpocket and a thief to pose as his family.

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Notes and References

  1. News: Peterson.. Shooting for high concepts? gamble on a vampire in vegas. Mar 1, 1972. Chicago Tribune . .
  2. News: Buddy ebsen set in ABC-TV film. May 16, 1972. Los Angeles Times. .
  3. News: Smith, C.. CBS---the favorite---last in early ratings.. Sep 19, 1972. Los Angeles Times. .
  4. News: Racing for the ratings. J. C.. Sep 26, 1972. The Washington Post and Times-Herald. .