The Shakiest Gun in the West
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".
The Shakiest Gun in the West (1968)
Alan Rafkin
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United States of America
Ratings
TMDB users
6.3/10
48 votes
Rating consensus
63/100 blend
Sources: TMDB
Moderate-to-positive blended read — weighted ~63/100 across 1 rating source. The listed meters mostly agree.
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
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The Shakiest Gun in the West (1968)
Alan Rafkin
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