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Jesse W. Haywood graduates from dental school in Philadelphia in 1870 and goes west "to fight oral ignorance."...
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Carl Ballantine, Actor And Magician, Dead At Age 92
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Obituary: Composer Vic Mizzy Dies at 93
(From The Wrap. 19 October 2009, 4:32 PM, PDT)
(From CinemaRetro. 6 November 2009, 3:23 PM, PST)
Obituary: Composer Vic Mizzy Dies at 93
(From The Wrap. 19 October 2009, 4:32 PM, PDT)
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(Cast overview, first billed only)| Don Knotts | ... | Dr. Jesse W. Heywood | |
| Barbara Rhoades | ... | Penelope 'Bad Penny' Cushings | |
| Jackie Coogan | ... | Matthew Basch | |
| Don 'Red' Barry | ... | Rev. Zachary Gant (as Donald Barry) | |
| Ruth McDevitt | ... | Olive | |
| Frank McGrath | ... | Mr. Remington | |
| Terry Wilson | ... | Welsh | |
| Carl Ballantine | ... | Abel Swanson | |
| Pat Morita | ... | Wong | |
| Robert Yuro | ... | Arnold the Kid | |
| Herb Voland | ... | Dr. Friedlander (as Herbert Voland) | |
| Fay DeWitt | ... | Violet | |
| Dub Taylor | ... | Pop McGovern | |
| Hope Summers | ... | Celia | |
| Dick Wilson | ... | Black Eagle (Indian chief) |
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101 min
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Mono (Westrex Recording System)
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Herb Voland's first film role.
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Revealing mistakes: When Heywood is following the wagons through the desert (after the outlaws take Penny) there are tracks from the wagon wheels in the sand, but no tracks form the horses that were pulling the wagons.
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Rev. Zachary Gant:
Reverend Zachary Grant and my minion Matthew Basch.
Jesse Heywood: Lovely couple.
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Jesse Heywood: Lovely couple.
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Referenced in "Mystery Science Theater 3000: Operation Double 007 (#6.8)" (1993)
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Nervous dentist Don Knotts graduates from college in Philadelphia and goes west to start his practice. He inadvertently gets embroiled with a beautiful sharpshooter (Barbara Rhodes) and some bad guys (Jackie Coogan and Don "Red" Barry). The bad guys are wanting to sell weapons and liquor to Indians for their own monetary gain. Before we know it the wide-eyed Knotts falls in the middle of all the chaotic action with would-be funny results. Knotts was never the same after he left "The Andy Griffith Show". The reason is he had lots more help in that sitcom and he only had to sustain the audience's interest for a half hour at a time. This movie plays more like a television sitcom except for the fact that it is not as funny as it should be and it fails to make the characters believable or humanistic. Basically a cheap western live-action cartoon. 2 stars out of 5.