The Daughters of Joshua Cabe


The Daughters of Joshua Cabe is a 1972 American made-for-television Western film directed by Philip Leacock. The story is about Joshua Cabe, 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. Buddy Ebsen wound up playing the role of Joshua Cabe instead. The show drew "solid ratings". It was the fifth most watched show that week. 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, fur trapper Joshua Cabe schemes to keep his land by hiring Mae, a hooker, Charity, a pickpocket and Ada, a thief to pose as his family.

Cast