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The Shakiest Gun in the West (1968)

Poster for 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".

Cast & Crew

Director
Alan Rafkin
  • Profile picture of Don Knotts
    Dr. Jesse W. Heywood Don Knotts
  • Profile picture of Barbara Rhoades
    Penelope 'Bad Penny' Cushings Barbara Rhoades
  • Profile picture of Jackie Coogan
    Matthew Basch Jackie Coogan
  • Profile picture of Ruth McDevitt
    Mrs. Olive Heywood Ruth McDevitt
  • Profile picture of Frank McGrath
    Mr. Remington Frank McGrath
  • Profile picture of Terry Wilson
    Welsh Terry Wilson
  • Profile picture of Carl Ballantine
    Abel Swanson Carl Ballantine
  • Profile picture of Pat Morita
    Wong Pat Morita

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Keywords

  • horse
  • native american
  • stagecoach
  • covered wagon
  • cowgirl