| The Marshal's Daughter | |
| Director: | William Berke |
| Screenplay: | Bob Duncan |
| Starring: | Laurie Anders Hoot Gibson Ken Murray Preston Foster Johnny Mack Brown |
| Music: | Darrell Calker |
| Cinematography: | Jack MacKenzie |
| Editing: | Reg Browne |
| Studio: | Harris/Murray |
| Distributor: | United Artists |
| Runtime: | 71 minutes |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
| Budget: | $165,000[1] |
The Marshal's Daughter is a 1953 American action film directed by William Berke, produced by Ken Murray and written by Bob Duncan, the latter two appearing in the film. The film stars Laurie Anders, Hoot Gibson, Preston Foster and Johnny Mack Brown. The film was released on June 26, 1953, by United Artists.[2] [3]
After his wife's death, Ben Dawson retires and forms a traveling medicine show. His infant daughter Laurie grows up to be a sharpshooter and performer in the show.
A banker named Anderson is behind a criminal scheme cheating ranchers out of their money. He hires notorious gunslinger Trigger Gans for protection. Ben realizes that Gans was the one who killed his wife.
Laurie is glad that rancher Russ Mason is in love with her but, knowing something must be done about the unlawful deeds going on, disguises herself as "El Coyote" and conducts a form of vigilante justice. She ultimately fights Anderson one-on-one in a canyon. Victorious, she sheds her costume upon returning, but Russ spots it and realizes her secret identity, but her father does not.