The Shakiest Gun in the West
44 reviews
Comedy/Family
1h 41m
1968
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...
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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".
- DirectorAlan Rafkin
- Release10 July 1968
- Genre
- Duration1h 41m
- Budget?
- Revenue?
- Rate44 reviews
- Productions
Universal Pictures
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

Hope Summers
Celia

Dick Wilson
Black Eagle (Indian chief)

Don 'Red' Barry
Rev. Zachary Gant

Vaughn Taylor
Rev. Longbaugh

Ed Peck
Sheriff

Edward Faulkner
Marshal Sam Huggins

Arthur Space
Sheriff Tolliver

Greg Mullavey
Phelps - Dental Student

Fred Aldrich
Passerby (uncredited)

E.J. André
Will Banks

John Aniston
Indian (uncredited)

Argentina Brunetti
Squaw (uncredited)

Claudia Bryar
Mrs. Remington

Paul Bryar
Man at Bar (uncredited)

Noble 'Kid' Chissell
Townsman (uncredited)

William Christopher
Hotel Manager (uncredited)

Frank Coghlan Jr.
Man at Bar (uncredited)

Warde Donovan
Townsman (uncredited)

Mickey Finn
Father (uncredited)

Myron Healey
Stage Passenger (uncredited)

I. Stanford Jolley
Bearded Stage Passenger (uncredited)

Gil Lamb
Slosh White - Drunk

Dorothy Neumann
Mrs. Eva Longbaugh

Eddie Quillan
Train Porter (uncredited)

Rodd Redwing
White Buffalo (uncredited)

Benny Rubin
Man at Bar (uncredited)

Naomi Stevens
Squaw (uncredited)

Boyd Stockman
Stage Driver (uncredited)

Leonard Stone
Bartender (uncredited)

Lorna Thayer
Saloon Girl (uncredited)

Jim Boles
Big Spring Townsman (uncredited)

King Moody
Ernie
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