The Shakiest Gun in the West (1968)
10/07/1968
Comedy, Family, Western
1h 41m
- 62% (45 votes)
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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".
- Alan RafkinDirector
- Everett GreenbaumScreenplay
- Frank TashlinScreenplay
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Keywords
- horse
- native american
- stagecoach
- covered wagon
- cowgirl
Top Billed Cast
Don Knotts
Dr. Jesse W. Heywood
Barbara Rhoades
Penelope 'Bad Penny' Cushings
Jackie Coogan
Matthew Basch
Ruth McDevitt
Mrs. Olive Heywood
Frank McGrath
Mr. Remington
Terry Wilson
Welsh
Carl Ballantine
Abel Swanson
Pat Morita
Wong
Robert Yuro
Arnold the Kid
Herb Voland
Dr. Friedlander
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