The Shakiest Gun in the West

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".

Release Date

10 July 1968

101 minutes

Director

Main Cast

Dr. Jesse W. Heywood
Penelope 'Bad Penny' Cushings
Matthew Basch
Mrs. Olive Heywood
Mr. Remington
Abel Swanson
Arnold the Kid
Dr. Friedlander
Pop Cushings