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The Shakiest Gun in the West

The Shakiest Gun in the West

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

Don Knotts

Played Dr. Jesse W. Heywood
Barbara Rhoades

Played Penelope 'Bad Penny'…
Jackie Coogan

Played Matthew Basch
Ruth McDevitt

Played Mrs. Olive Heywood
Frank McGrath

Played Mr. Remington
Terry Wilson

Played Welsh
Carl Ballantine

Played Abel Swanson
Pat Morita

Played Wong
Robert Yuro

Played Arnold the Kid
Herb Voland

Played Dr. Friedlander
Fay DeWitt

Played Violet
Dub Taylor

Played Pop Cushings
Hope Summers

Played Celia
Dick Wilson

Played Black Eagle (Indian …
Don 'Red' Barry

Played Rev. Zachary Gant
Vaughn Taylor

Played Rev. Longbaugh
Ed Peck

Played Sheriff
Edward Faulkner

Played Marshal Sam Huggins
Arthur Space

Played Sheriff Tolliver
Greg Mullavey

Played Phelps - Dental Stud…
Fred Aldrich

Played Passerby (uncredited…
E.J. André

Played Will Banks
John Aniston

Played Indian (uncredited)
Argentina Brunetti

Played Squaw (uncredited)
Claudia Bryar

Played Mrs. Remington
Paul Bryar

Played Man at Bar (uncredit…
Noble 'Kid' Chissell

Played Townsman (uncredited…
William Christopher

Played Hotel Manager (uncre…
Frank Coghlan Jr.

Played Man at Bar (uncredit…
Warde Donovan

Played Townsman (uncredited…
Mickey Finn

Played Father (uncredited)
Myron Healey

Played Stage Passenger (unc…
Charles Horvath

Played Indian Warrior (uncr…
Clyde Howdy

Played Man (uncredited)
I. Stanford Jolley

Played Bearded Stage Passen…
Gil Lamb

Played Slosh White - Drunk
James McHale

Played Conductor (uncredite…
Tina Menard

Played Squaw (uncredited)
Kathryn Minner

Played 96-Year-Old Woman (u…
Dorothy Neumann

Played Mrs. Eva Longbaugh
Eddie Quillan

Played Train Porter (uncred…
Bill Quinn

Played U.S. Marshal Arthur …
Rodd Redwing

Played White Buffalo (uncre…
Benny Rubin

Played Man at Bar (uncredit…
Naomi Stevens

Played Squaw (uncredited)
Boyd Stockman

Played Stage Driver (uncred…
Leonard Stone

Played Bartender (uncredite…
Lorna Thayer

Played Saloon Girl (uncredi…
Peggy Mondo

Played Indian Woman in Stag…
Jim Boles

Played Big Spring Townsman …
King Moody

Played Ernie

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