The Shakiest Gun in the West (movie)

The Shakiest Gun in the West (movie)

  • User score: 6.2
  • Production country: United States of America
  • Producer: Alan Rafkin
  • Production companies: Universal Pictures
  • Genre: Comedy, Family, Western
  • Release date: 7/10/1968
  • Run time: 101 min.

Movie description

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".

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Don Knotts

Don Knotts

Role(s): Dr. Jesse W. Heywood

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Barbara Rhoades

Barbara Rhoades

Role(s): Penelope 'Bad Penny' Cushings

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Jackie Coogan

Jackie Coogan

Role(s): Matthew Basch

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Ruth McDevitt

Ruth McDevitt

Role(s): Mrs. Olive Heywood

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Frank McGrath

Frank McGrath

Role(s): Mr. Remington

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