

The Shakiest Gun in the West
“He's so bad he was scalped by a cigar store Indian!!”
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".
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
Key Film Crew
Production Stats
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