Robert Yuro

Knotts stars as Jesse W. Heywood, a timid Pennsylvania dentist who leaves the comfort of the East to bring modern dentistry to the West. The misadventures begin when Jesse is duped into marrying a statuesque redhead (and reformed stagecoach bandit) who has agreed to finger the men responsible for selling whiskey to the Indians. Soon, Jesse and his bride are involved in a series of shootouts against renegade Indians and the town bad guy, and the desperate dentist is forced to switch from gums to guns in this rollicking comedy romp.

Don Knotts steps in to play bumbling dentist Jesse Heywood, a role made famous by Bob Hope in the original version of the movie. On his way West, Jesse encounters the alluring Penny, who helps him fight off attackers with her superior shooting skills. Only trouble is, Jesse thinks his &NFi;own&NFi_; gun fired off the rounds that scared the bandits. But in no time, he discovers that although he's a mite cowardly, he really is a gunslinger at heart.

Don Knotts stars as a timid dentist who is forced to switch from gums to guns when he moves to the Old West and is duped into marrying a statuesque redhead (and reformed stagecoach bandit).

Don Knotts stars as a timid dentist who is forced to switch from gums to guns when he moves to the Old West and is duped into marrying a statuesque redhead (and reformed stagecoach bandit).

A former bandit ropes a high-strung dentist into her secret mission to corral a band of gun smugglers.