The Shakiest Gun in the West

The Shakiest Gun in the West (1968)

He's so bad he was scalped by a cigar store Indian!!

Comedy Family Western

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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  • Release Date: 1968-07-10
  • Runtime: 1h 41min
  • Director: Alan Rafkin

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    • 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

    • Fay DeWitt

      Violet

    • Dub Taylor

      Pop Cushings

    • Hope Summers

      Celia

    • Dick Wilson

      Black Eagle (Indian chief)

    • Don 'Red' Barry

      Rev. Zachary Gant

    • Vaughn Taylor

      Rev. Longbaugh

    • Ed Peck

      Sheriff

    • Edward Faulkner

      Marshal Sam Huggins

    • Arthur Space

      Sheriff Tolliver

    • Greg Mullavey

      Phelps - Dental Student

    • Fred Aldrich

      Passerby (uncredited)

    • E.J. André

      Will Banks

    • John Aniston

      Indian (uncredited)

    • Argentina Brunetti

      Squaw (uncredited)

    • Claudia Bryar

      Mrs. Remington

    • Paul Bryar

      Man at Bar (uncredited)

    • Noble 'Kid' Chissell

      Townsman (uncredited)

    • William Christopher

      Hotel Manager (uncredited)

    • Frank Coghlan Jr.

      Man at Bar (uncredited)

    • Warde Donovan

      Townsman (uncredited)

    • Mickey Finn

      Father (uncredited)

    • Myron Healey

      Stage Passenger (uncredited)

    • Charles Horvath

      Indian Warrior (uncredited)

    • Clyde Howdy

      Man (uncredited)

    • I. Stanford Jolley

      Bearded Stage Passenger (uncredited)

    • Gil Lamb

      Slosh White - Drunk

    • James McHale

      Conductor (uncredited)

    • Tina Menard

      Squaw (uncredited)

    • Kathryn Minner

      96-Year-Old Woman (uncredited)

    • Dorothy Neumann

      Mrs. Eva Longbaugh

    • Eddie Quillan

      Train Porter (uncredited)

    • Bill Quinn

      U.S. Marshal Arthur Bates

    • Rodd Redwing

      White Buffalo (uncredited)

    • Benny Rubin

      Man at Bar (uncredited)

    • Naomi Stevens

      Squaw (uncredited)

    • Boyd Stockman

      Stage Driver (uncredited)

    • Leonard Stone

      Bartender (uncredited)

    • Lorna Thayer

      Saloon Girl (uncredited)

    • Peggy Mondo

      Indian Woman in Stagecoach

    • Jim Boles

      Big Spring Townsman (uncredited)

    • King Moody

      Ernie

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