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".

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The Shakiest Gun in the West

July 10, 1968

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Dr. Jesse W. Heywood

Penelope 'Bad Penny' Cushings

Matthew Basch

Mrs. Olive Heywood

Mr. Remington

Welsh

Abel Swanson

Wong

Arnold the Kid

Dr. Friedlander

Violet

Pop Cushings

Celia

Black Eagle (Indian chief)

Rev. Zachary Gant

Rev. Longbaugh

Sheriff

Marshal Sam Huggins

Sheriff Tolliver

Phelps - Dental Student

Passerby (uncredited)

Will Banks

Indian (uncredited)

Squaw (uncredited)

Mrs. Remington

Man at Bar (uncredited)

Townsman (uncredited)

Hotel Manager (uncredited)

Man at Bar (uncredited)

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Slosh White - Drunk

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Squaw (uncredited)

96-Year-Old Woman (uncredited)

Mrs. Eva Longbaugh

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U.S. Marshal Arthur Bates

White Buffalo (uncredited)

Man at Bar (uncredited)

Squaw (uncredited)

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Saloon Girl (uncredited)

Indian Woman in Stagecoach

Big Spring Townsman (uncredited)

Ernie

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