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

Cast

 * Buddy Ebsen as Joshua Cabe
 * Karen Valentine as Charity
 * Lesley Anne Warren as Mae (as Lesley Warren)
 * Sandra Dee as Ada
 * Don Stroud as Blue Wetherall
 * Henry Jones as Codge Collier
 * Jack Elam as Bitterroot
 * Leif Erickson as Amos Wetherall
 * Michael Anderson Jr. as Cole Wetherall
 * Paul Koslo as Deke Wetherall
 * Julie Mannix as Sister Mary Robert
 * Ron Soble as Arnie
 * William Katt as Billy Jack (as Bill Katt)
 * Claudia Bryar as Warden Tippet
 * Eve McVeagh as Mother Superior
 * Erin O'Brien-Moore as Matron
 * Jon Locke as Plainclothesman
 * Sharon Douglas as Saleslady
 * Doodles Weaver as Telegraphman
 * Barbara Ranies as Carrie