The Shakiest Gun in The West
– Jesse W. Haywood (Don Knotts) graduates from dental school in Philadelphia in 1870 and goes west to ..
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".
10 Jul 1968
English
Alan Rafkin
James Fritzell (screenplay by), Everett Greenbaum (screenplay by), Edmund L. Hartmann (based on the screenplay by), Frank Tashlin (based on the screenplay by)
Don Knotts, Barbara Rhoades, Jackie Coogan, Don 'Red' Barry
Jesse W. Haywood graduates from dental school in Philadelphia in 1870 and goes west "to fight oral ignorance." Meanwhile stagecoach robber Penelope "Bad Penny" Cushing is offered a pardon if she will track down a ring of gun smugglers. She tricks the bungling Haywood into a fictitious marriage as a disguise, and he becomes the heroic "Doc the Haywood" after he guns down "Arnold the Kid" and performs other exploits with Penny's help (unbeknown to him or anyone else).
Universal Pictures