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The Shakiest Gun in the West(1968)

07/10/1968 (US)ComedyFamilyWestern1h 41m
62%

Movie Score

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

Movie Cast

Don Knotts photo

Don Knotts

Dr. Jesse W. Heywood

Barbara Rhoades photo

Barbara Rhoades

Penelope 'Bad Penny' Cushings

Jackie Coogan photo

Jackie Coogan

Matthew Basch

Ruth McDevitt photo

Ruth McDevitt

Mrs. Olive Heywood

Frank McGrath photo

Frank McGrath

Mr. Remington

Carl Ballantine photo

Carl Ballantine

Abel Swanson

Robert Yuro photo

Robert Yuro

Arnold the Kid

Herb Voland photo

Herb Voland

Dr. Friedlander

Movie Stats

StatusReleased

BudgetNot Given

RevenueNot Given

Production CompanyUniversal Pictures

Original LanguageEnglish

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