
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".

as Dr. Jesse W. Heywood

as Penelope 'Bad Penny' Cushings

as Matthew Basch

as Mrs. Olive Heywood

as Mr. Remington

as Welsh

as Abel Swanson

as Wong

as Arnold the Kid

as Dr. Friedlander

as Violet

as Pop Cushings

as Celia

as Black Eagle (Indian chief)

as Rev. Zachary Gant

as Rev. Longbaugh

as Sheriff

as Marshal Sam Huggins

as Sheriff Tolliver

as Phelps - Dental Student

as Passerby (uncredited)

as Will Banks

as Indian (uncredited)

as Squaw (uncredited)

as Mrs. Remington

as Man at Bar (uncredited)

as Townsman (uncredited)

as Hotel Manager (uncredited)

as Man at Bar (uncredited)

as Townsman (uncredited)

as Father (uncredited)

as Stage Passenger (uncredited)

as Indian Warrior (uncredited)

as Man (uncredited)

as Bearded Stage Passenger (uncredited)

as Slosh White - Drunk

as Conductor (uncredited)

as Squaw (uncredited)

as 96-Year-Old Woman (uncredited)

as Mrs. Eva Longbaugh

as Train Porter (uncredited)

as U.S. Marshal Arthur Bates

as White Buffalo (uncredited)

as Man at Bar (uncredited)

as Squaw (uncredited)

as Stage Driver (uncredited)

as Bartender (uncredited)

as Saloon Girl (uncredited)

as Indian Woman in Stagecoach

as Big Spring Townsman (uncredited)

as Ernie