The Shakiest Gun in the West (1968)

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".

Updated May 10 2020

Releases:

US -

1968-07-10

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Keywords:

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FACTS

Runtime: 101 mins Rating: 6.2 Tag Line: He's so bad he was scalped by a cigar store Indian!!

Cast

Dub Taylor

Digger (voice)

Jackie Coogan

The Kid

Pat Morita

David Leung

Terry Wilson

Sheriff

Don Knotts

Gangster Theodore Ogelvie

Frank McGrath

Barbara Rhoades

Donna

Ruth McDevitt