The Shakiest Gun in the West

The Shakiest Gun in the West

1968
1h 41m
6.3

6.3/10

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"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".

Status: Released

Language: EN

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Production Information

Production Companies
Universal Pictures
Production Countries
United States of America
Spoken Languages
English

Quick Facts

Release Date July 10, 1968
Status Released
Language EN
IMDb ID tt0063591

Cast

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

Key Crew

Everett Greenbaum
Screenplay
Frank Tashlin
Screenplay
Alan Rafkin
Director
Edmund L. Hartmann
Screenplay
James Fritzell
Screenplay
Edward Montagne
Producer