The Shakiest Gun in the West

Overview

Jesse W. Haywood (Don Knotts) graduates from dental school in Philadelphia in 1870 and goes west to become a frontier dentist. Penelope "Bad Penny" Cushing (Barbara Rhoades) is offered a pardon if she will track down a ring of gun smugglers. She tricks Haywood into a sham marriage as a disguise. Haywood inadvertently becomes the legendary "Doc the Haywood" after he guns down "Arnold the Kid".

Directed by Alan Rafkin

Top cast

Don Knotts

Dr. Jesse W. Heywood

Barbara Rhoades

Penelope 'Bad Penny' Cushings

Jackie Coogan

Matthew Basch

Ruth McDevitt

Mrs. Olive Heywood

Frank McGrath

Mr. Remington

Terry Wilson

Welsh

Carl Ballantine

Abel Swanson

Pat Morita

Wong

Robert Yuro

Arnold the Kid

Herb Voland

Dr. Friedlander

Fay DeWitt

Violet

Dub Taylor

Pop Cushings

Hope Summers

Celia

Dick Wilson

Black Eagle (Indian chief)

Don 'Red' Barry

Rev. Zachary Gant

Vaughn Taylor

Rev. Longbaugh

Ed Peck

Sheriff

Edward Faulkner

Marshal Sam Huggins

Arthur Space

Sheriff Tolliver

Greg Mullavey

Phelps - Dental Student

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