The Shakiest Gun in the West

Directed by Alan Rafkin

Written by James Fritzell, Everett Greenbaum, Frank Tashlin, Edmund L. Hartmann

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".

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

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