The Daughters of Joshua Cabe (1972) (TV)

User Rating:

5.9/10   

Director:

Philip Leacock

Writer:

Paul Savage (writer)

Release Date:

13 September 1972 (USA)

Genre:

Western

Plot:

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

Plot Keywords:

Character Name In Title

Cast

Buddy Ebsen	...	Joshua Cabe
Karen Valentine	...	Charity
Lesley Ann Warren	...	Mae
Sandra Dee	...	Ada
Don Stroud	...	Blue Wetherall
Henry Jones	...	Codge Collier
Jack Elam	...	Bitterroot
Leif Erickson	...	Amos Wetherall
Michael Anderson Jr.	...	Cole Wetherall
Paul Koslo	...	Deke Wetherall
Julie Mannix	...	Sister Mary Robert
Ron Soble	...	Arnie
William Katt	...	Billy Jack
William Kerwin	...	Steven
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Randall Carver

Runtime:

73 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Company:

Spelling-Goldberg Productions

Movie Connections:

Followed by The Daughters of Joshua Cabe Return (1975) (TV)

good Aaron Spelling 70's Western

In the 1970's Aaron Spelling produced many made for TV western films, some of these films include "The Trackers," "Yuma," and "Wild Women". "The Daughters of Joshua Cabe" seems like a crazy far fetched story, it concerns a man trying to save his land by having his three daughters file a claim. His daughters have moved, and he has not received any word from them in years. His attempt at tracking them down fail, so he enlists the help of a former prisoner, prostitute, and a petty pick pocket thief to pose as his three daughters. The humor in the film works at time, and it is always nice to see familiar character actors scattered throughout the film. Jack Elam abandons his usual villain character to play a sympathetic older man. This film gets a 9/10