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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".

Top Cast

  • Don Knotts

    Don Knotts

    Dr. Jesse W. Heywood

  • Barbara Rhoades

    Barbara Rhoades

    Penelope 'Bad Penny' Cushings

  • Jackie Coogan

    Jackie Coogan

    Matthew Basch

  • Ruth McDevitt

    Ruth McDevitt

    Mrs. Olive Heywood

  • Frank McGrath

    Frank McGrath

    Mr. Remington

  • Terry Wilson

    Terry Wilson

    Welsh

  • Carl Ballantine

    Carl Ballantine

    Abel Swanson

  • Pat Morita

    Pat Morita

    Wong

  • Robert Yuro

    Robert Yuro

    Arnold the Kid

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".

Rating

6.2 / 10
49 Reviews
1 Popular

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