The Shakiest Gun in the West

6.2 / 10

(44 votes)

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".

Country:

United States of America

Genre:

Comedy,

Family,

Western

Duration:

101 minutes

Year:

1968

Director:

Alan Rafkin

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Company:

Universal Pictures

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

Crew:
Everett Greenbaum

Screenplay

Frank Tashlin

Screenplay

Alan Rafkin

Director

Edmund L. Hartmann

Screenplay

James Fritzell

Screenplay