

Information
Release DateJuly 10, 1968
Runtime1h 41m
StatusReleased
ProductionUniversal Pictures
LanguagesEnglish
6.3
48 votesPopularity1
The Shakiest Gun in the West
"He's so bad he was scalped by a cigar store Indian!!"
Synopsis
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 & Crew
Director

Featured 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



