
The Shakiest Gun in the West
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".
Release Date: 1968-07-10
Comedy
Family
Western
★★★★★★★★★★ (44 votes)
Casts

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