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".
Genres
Comedy, Family, Western
Studio
Universal Pictures
Language
en
Status
Released
Where to Watch
Cast
Dr. Jesse W. Heywood
Don Knotts
Dr. Jesse W. Heywood
Penelope 'Bad Penny' Cushings
Barbara Rhoades
Penelope 'Bad Penny' Cushings
Matthew Basch
Jackie Coogan
Matthew Basch
Mrs. Olive Heywood
Ruth McDevitt
Mrs. Olive Heywood
Mr. Remington
Frank McGrath
Mr. Remington
Welsh
Terry Wilson
Welsh
Abel Swanson
Carl Ballantine
Abel Swanson
Wong
Pat Morita
Wong
Arnold the Kid
Robert Yuro
Arnold the Kid
Dr. Friedlander
Herb Voland
Dr. Friedlander
Violet
Fay DeWitt
Violet
Pop Cushings
Dub Taylor
Pop Cushings
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