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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Don Knotts as Dr. Jesse W. Heywood
Barbara Rhoades as Penelope 'Bad Penny' Cushings
Jackie Coogan as Matthew Basch
Ruth McDevitt as Mrs. Olive Heywood
Frank McGrath as Mr. Remington
Terry Wilson as Welsh
Carl Ballantine as Abel Swanson
Pat Morita as Wong
Robert Yuro as Arnold the Kid
Herb Voland as Dr. Friedlander
Fay DeWitt as Violet
Dub Taylor as Pop Cushings
Hope Summers as Celia
Dick Wilson as Black Eagle (Indian chief)
Don 'Red' Barry as Rev. Zachary Gant
Vaughn Taylor as Rev. Longbaugh
Ed Peck as Sheriff
Edward Faulkner as Marshal Sam Huggins
Arthur Space as Sheriff Tolliver
Greg Mullavey as Phelps - Dental Student
Fred Aldrich as Passerby (uncredited)
E.J. André as Will Banks
John Aniston as Indian (uncredited)
Argentina Brunetti as Squaw (uncredited)
Claudia Bryar as Mrs. Remington
Paul Bryar as Man at Bar (uncredited)
Noble 'Kid' Chissell as Townsman (uncredited)
William Christopher as Hotel Manager (uncredited)
Frank Coghlan Jr. as Man at Bar (uncredited)
Warde Donovan as Townsman (uncredited)
Mickey Finn as Father (uncredited)
Myron Healey as Stage Passenger (uncredited)
Charles Horvath as Indian Warrior (uncredited)
Clyde Howdy as Man (uncredited)
I. Stanford Jolley as Bearded Stage Passenger (uncredited)
Gil Lamb as Slosh White - Drunk
James McHale as Conductor (uncredited)
Tina Menard as Squaw (uncredited)
Kathryn Minner as 96-Year-Old Woman (uncredited)
Dorothy Neumann as Mrs. Eva Longbaugh
Eddie Quillan as Train Porter (uncredited)
Bill Quinn as U.S. Marshal Arthur Bates
Rodd Redwing as White Buffalo (uncredited)
Benny Rubin as Man at Bar (uncredited)
Naomi Stevens as Squaw (uncredited)
Boyd Stockman as Stage Driver (uncredited)
Leonard Stone as Bartender (uncredited)
Lorna Thayer as Saloon Girl (uncredited)
Peggy Mondo as Indian Woman in Stagecoach
Jim Boles as Big Spring Townsman (uncredited)
King Moody as Ernie
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