The Shakiest Gun in the West (1968)

  • NR
  • 07/10/1968 (US)
  • Comedy, Family, Western
  • 1h 41m

He's so bad he was scalped by a cigar store Indian!!

Overview

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".

Alan Rafkin

Director

Edmund L. Hartmann

Screenplay

Frank Tashlin

Screenplay

James Fritzell

Screenplay

Everett Greenbaum

Screenplay

Cast

Don Knotts's headshot

Don Knotts

Dr. Jesse W. Heywood
Barbara Rhoades's headshot

Barbara Rhoades

Penelope 'Bad Penny' Cushings
Jackie Coogan's headshot

Jackie Coogan

Matthew Basch
Ruth McDevitt's headshot

Ruth McDevitt

Mrs. Olive Heywood
Frank McGrath's headshot

Frank McGrath

Mr. Remington
Terry Wilson's headshot

Terry Wilson

Welsh
Carl Ballantine's headshot

Carl Ballantine

Abel Swanson
Pat Morita's headshot

Pat Morita

Wong

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