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The Shakiest Gun in the West

MOVIE • 1968

The Shakiest Gun in the West

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".

TMDB ★ 3.1/5Votes: 51
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ComedyFamilyWestern

Top 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

Hope Summers

Hope Summers

Celia

Dick Wilson

Dick Wilson

Black Eagle (Indian chief)

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Film

Status

Released

Release

July 10, 1968

Runtime

101 min

Language

English

Origin

United States of America

Budget

N/A

Revenue

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