The Daughters of Joshua Cabe
1972 film by Philip Leacock / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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 Daughters of Joshua Cabe | |
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Genre | Western |
Written by | Paul Savage |
Directed by | Philip Leacock |
Starring | Buddy Ebsen |
Music by | Jeff Alexander |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
Production | |
Executive producers | Aaron Spelling Leonard Goldberg |
Producer | Richard E. Lyons |
Cinematography | Archie R. Dalzell (as Arch Dalzell) |
Editor | Art Seid |
Running time | 74 minutes |
Production company | Spelling-Goldberg Productions |
Original release | |
Network | ABC |
Release | September 13, 1972 (1972-09-13) |
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.