The Shakiest Gun in the West
6.2
101 minutes
7/10/1968
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".
Cast List
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
Fay DeWitt
as Violet
Dub Taylor
as Pop Cushings
Hope Summers
as Celia
Dick Wilson
as Black Eagle (Indian chief)
Don 'Red' Barry
as Rev. Zachary Gant
Vaughn Taylor
as Rev. Longbaugh
Ed Peck
as Sheriff
Edward Faulkner
as Marshal Sam Huggins
Arthur Space
as Sheriff Tolliver
Greg Mullavey
as Phelps - Dental Student
Fred Aldrich
as Passerby (uncredited)
E.J. André
as Will Banks
John Aniston
as Indian (uncredited)
Argentina Brunetti
as Squaw (uncredited)
Claudia Bryar
as Mrs. Remington
Paul Bryar
as Man at Bar (uncredited)
Noble 'Kid' Chissell
as Townsman (uncredited)
William Christopher
as Hotel Manager (uncredited)
Frank Coghlan Jr.
as Man at Bar (uncredited)
Warde Donovan
as Townsman (uncredited)
Mickey Finn
as Father (uncredited)
Myron Healey
as Stage Passenger (uncredited)
Charles Horvath
as Indian Warrior (uncredited)
Clyde Howdy
as Man (uncredited)
I. Stanford Jolley
as Bearded Stage Passenger (uncredited)
Gil Lamb
as Slosh White - Drunk
James McHale
as Conductor (uncredited)
Tina Menard
as Squaw (uncredited)
Kathryn Minner
as 96-Year-Old Woman (uncredited)
Dorothy Neumann
as Mrs. Eva Longbaugh
Eddie Quillan
as Train Porter (uncredited)
Bill Quinn
as U.S. Marshal Arthur Bates
Rodd Redwing
as White Buffalo (uncredited)
Benny Rubin
as Man at Bar (uncredited)
Naomi Stevens
as Squaw (uncredited)
Boyd Stockman
as Stage Driver (uncredited)
Leonard Stone
as Bartender (uncredited)
Lorna Thayer
as Saloon Girl (uncredited)
Peggy Mondo
as Indian Woman in Stagecoach
Jim Boles
as Big Spring Townsman (uncredited)
King Moody
as Ernie