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The Shakiest Gun in the West

The Shakiest Gun in the West
★ 6.3/10•1968•1h 41m•Comedy•Family•Western

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

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

James Fritzell · Screenplay

Everett Greenbaum · Screenplay

StatusReleased
Runtime1h 41m
LanguageEN
Release DateJul 10, 1968

Actors

Don Knotts

Don Knotts

Dr. Jesse W. Heywood

Barbara Rhoades

Barbara Rhoades

Penelope 'Bad Penny' Cushings

Jackie Coogan

Jackie Coogan

Matthew Basch

Ruth McDevitt

Ruth McDevitt

Mrs. Olive Heywood

Frank McGrath

Frank McGrath

Mr. Remington

Terry Wilson

Terry Wilson

Welsh

Carl Ballantine

Carl Ballantine

Abel Swanson

Pat Morita

Pat Morita

Wong

Robert Yuro

Robert Yuro

Arnold the Kid

Herb Voland

Herb Voland

Dr. Friedlander

Fay DeWitt

Fay DeWitt

Violet

Dub Taylor

Dub Taylor

Pop Cushings

Hope Summers

Hope Summers

Celia

Dick Wilson

Dick Wilson

Black Eagle (Indian chief)

Don 'Red' Barry

Don 'Red' Barry

Rev. Zachary Gant

Vaughn Taylor

Vaughn Taylor

Rev. Longbaugh

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