The Daughters Of Joshua Cabe (1972)

Due to an unusual homesteading law, an aging fur trapper (Buddy Ebsen) needs children to help him establish his claim on his property. To this end, he recruits three disreputable young women to pass off as his daughters: a prostitute (Lesley Ann Warren), a pickpocket (Sandra Dee) and an ex-convict (Karen Valentine). Directed by Philip Leacock (THE WAR LOVER), this contrived tale is moderately enjoyable thanks to Jack Elam as Ebsen's sidekick and the appealing presence of the three actresses playing the "daughters" which is good because Ebsen doesn't even try. There's a comfort in its predictability and you know your mind won't be taxed at all. It spawned two sequels in 1975 and 1976 but with different casts. With Don Stroud, Leif Erickson, Henry Jones, William Katt, Erin O'Brien Moore and Michael Anderson Jr.