TMDb Rating
6.3/10
46 verified votes
The Shakiest Gun in the West (1968)
ComedyFamilyWestern
101 min
"He's so bad he was scalped by a cigar store Indian!!"
Plot 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".
Director
Alan Rafkin
Top Cast
Don KnottsBarbara RhoadesJackie CooganRuth McDevittFrank McGrath
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