Toy Story 5
2026 · Animation · Family
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Film / 1968
The Shakiest Gun in the West
Directed by
Alan Rafkin
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".
The story
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 KnottsDr. Jesse W. Heywood
Barbara RhoadesPenelope 'Bad Penny' Cushings
Jackie CooganMatthew Basch
Ruth McDevittMrs. Olive Heywood
Frank McGrathMr. Remington
Terry WilsonWelsh
Carl BallantineAbel Swanson
Pat MoritaWong
Robert YuroArnold the Kid
Herb VolandDr. Friedlander
Fay DeWittViolet
Dub TaylorPop Cushings
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Hope SummersCelia
Dick WilsonBlack Eagle (Indian chief)
Don 'Red' BarryRev. Zachary Gant
Vaughn TaylorRev. Longbaugh
Ed PeckSheriff
Edward FaulknerMarshal Sam Huggins
Arthur SpaceSheriff Tolliver
Greg MullaveyPhelps - Dental Student
Fred AldrichPasserby (uncredited)
E.J. AndréWill Banks
John AnistonIndian (uncredited)
Argentina BrunettiSquaw (uncredited)
Claudia BryarMrs. Remington
Paul BryarMan at Bar (uncredited)
Noble 'Kid' ChissellTownsman (uncredited)
William ChristopherHotel Manager (uncredited)
Frank Coghlan Jr.Man at Bar (uncredited)
Warde DonovanTownsman (uncredited)
Mickey FinnFather (uncredited)
Myron HealeyStage Passenger (uncredited)
Charles HorvathIndian Warrior (uncredited)
Clyde HowdyMan (uncredited)
I. Stanford JolleyBearded Stage Passenger (uncredited)
Gil LambSlosh White - Drunk
James McHaleConductor (uncredited)
Tina MenardSquaw (uncredited)
Kathryn Minner96-Year-Old Woman (uncredited)
Dorothy NeumannMrs. Eva Longbaugh
Eddie QuillanTrain Porter (uncredited)
Bill QuinnU.S. Marshal Arthur Bates
Rodd RedwingWhite Buffalo (uncredited)
Benny RubinMan at Bar (uncredited)
Naomi StevensSquaw (uncredited)
Boyd StockmanStage Driver (uncredited)
Leonard StoneBartender (uncredited)
Lorna ThayerSaloon Girl (uncredited)
Peggy MondoIndian Woman in Stagecoach
Jim BolesBig Spring Townsman (uncredited)
King MoodyErnie
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