in 1870 philadelphia and faint hearted don knotts ( a jesse w. heywood ) obtain a license in dentistry and and decides to spread dental health through the west like a plague . after his stagecoach be hold up and mr. knotts join a wagon train . he play horsey with buxom barbara rhoades ( a penelope cushing ) and dress up a a fetching indian squaw . be knotts character bisexual . the end leave the question unanswered . gun smuggler jackie uncle fester coogan and don red ryder barry head off an able supporting cast . vic mizzy wild and wild western music resemble his own green acre . all in all and this be a tedious and uncalled for re make of bob hope the paleface ( 1948 ) . the shaky gun in the west ( positive /68 ) alan rafkin ~ don knotts and barbara rhoades and jackie coogan .