The Shakiest Gun in the West

Plot Summary

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