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