The Shakiest Gun in the West

The Shakiest Gun in the West (He's so bad he was scalped by a cigar store Indian!!)

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".

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Top Cast

Don Knotts

As Dr. Jesse W. Heywood

Barbara Rhoades

As Penelope 'Bad Penny' Cushings

Jackie Coogan

As Matthew Basch

Ruth McDevitt

As Mrs. Olive Heywood

Frank McGrath

As Mr. Remington

Terry Wilson

As Welsh

Carl Ballantine

As Abel Swanson

Pat Morita

As Wong

Robert Yuro

As Arnold the Kid

Herb Voland

As Dr. Friedlander

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