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!!

  • Genre: Comedy, Family, Western
  • Release Date: 1968-07-10
  • User Rating: 6.2/10 from 44 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 41min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Universal Pictures
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: Alan Rafkin
star 6.2/10
From 44 Ratings

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Summary

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

    as Dr. Jesse W. Heywood

  • Barbara Rhoades

    as Penelope 'Bad Penny' Cushings

  • Jackie Coogan

    as Matthew Basch

  • Ruth McDevitt

    as Mrs. Olive Heywood

  • Frank McGrath

    as Mr. Remington

  • Terry Wilson

    as Welsh

  • Carl Ballantine

    as Abel Swanson

  • Pat Morita

    as Wong

  • Robert Yuro

    as Arnold the Kid

  • Herb Voland

    as Dr. Friedlander

  • Fay DeWitt

    as Violet

  • Dub Taylor

    as Pop Cushings

  • Hope Summers

    as Celia

  • Dick Wilson

    as Black Eagle (Indian chief)

  • Don 'Red' Barry

    as Rev. Zachary Gant

  • Vaughn Taylor

    as Rev. Longbaugh

  • Ed Peck

    as Sheriff

  • Edward Faulkner

    as Marshal Sam Huggins

  • Arthur Space

    as Sheriff Tolliver

  • Greg Mullavey

    as Phelps - Dental Student

  • Fred Aldrich

    as Passerby (uncredited)

  • E.J. André

    as Will Banks

  • John Aniston

    as Indian (uncredited)

  • Argentina Brunetti

    as Squaw (uncredited)

  • Claudia Bryar

    as Mrs. Remington

  • Paul Bryar

    as Man at Bar (uncredited)

  • Noble 'Kid' Chissell

    as Townsman (uncredited)

  • William Christopher

    as Hotel Manager (uncredited)

  • Frank Coghlan Jr.

    as Man at Bar (uncredited)

  • Warde Donovan

    as Townsman (uncredited)

  • Mickey Finn

    as Father (uncredited)

  • Myron Healey

    as Stage Passenger (uncredited)

  • Charles Horvath

    as Indian Warrior (uncredited)

  • Clyde Howdy

    as Man (uncredited)

  • I. Stanford Jolley

    as Bearded Stage Passenger (uncredited)

  • Gil Lamb

    as Slosh White - Drunk

  • James McHale

    as Conductor (uncredited)

  • Tina Menard

    as Squaw (uncredited)

  • Kathryn Minner

    as 96-Year-Old Woman (uncredited)

  • Dorothy Neumann

    as Mrs. Eva Longbaugh

  • Eddie Quillan

    as Train Porter (uncredited)

  • Bill Quinn

    as U.S. Marshal Arthur Bates

  • Rodd Redwing

    as White Buffalo (uncredited)

  • Benny Rubin

    as Man at Bar (uncredited)

  • Naomi Stevens

    as Squaw (uncredited)

  • Boyd Stockman

    as Stage Driver (uncredited)

  • Leonard Stone

    as Bartender (uncredited)

  • Lorna Thayer

    as Saloon Girl (uncredited)

  • Peggy Mondo

    as Indian Woman in Stagecoach

  • Jim Boles

    as Big Spring Townsman (uncredited)

  • King Moody

    as Ernie
Writing Everett Greenbaum Screenplay
Writing Frank Tashlin Screenplay
Directing Alan Rafkin Director
Writing Edmund L. Hartmann Screenplay
Writing James Fritzell Screenplay
Crew Polly Burson Stunt Double
Camera Andrew Jackson Director of Photography
Editing Tony Martinelli Editor
Production Edward Montagne Producer
Art Henry Larrecq Art Direction
Costume & Make-Up Grady Hunt Costume Design
Art Alexander Golitzen Art Direction
Sound Vic Mizzy Original Music Composer

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