

Information
Release DateJuly 10, 1968
Runtime1h 41m
StatusReleased
ProductionUniversal Pictures
LanguagesEnglish
6.2
44 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
Alan Rafkin
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