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Comedy, Family, Western

The Shakiest Gun in the West (1968)

"He's so bad he was scalped by a cigar store Indian!!"
1h 41m
6.2
Overview
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".
Director

Alan Rafkin

Original Tittle

The Shakiest Gun in the West

Revenue

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Main Actor

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Don Knotts

Dr. Jesse W. Heywood

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Barbara Rhoades

Penelope 'Bad Penny' Cushings

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Jackie Coogan

Matthew Basch

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Ruth McDevitt

Mrs. Olive Heywood

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Frank McGrath

Mr. Remington

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Terry Wilson

Welsh

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Carl Ballantine

Abel Swanson

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Pat Morita

Wong

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Robert Yuro

Arnold the Kid

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