The Shakiest Gun in the West

The Shakiest Gun in the West

101 mins | Comedy, Family, Western | July 10, 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 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

101 mins | Comedy, Family, Western | July 10, 1968

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".
IMDb rating 6.3
Producers Universal Pictures
Original title The Shakiest Gun in the West
Directors Alan Rafkin
Writers Edmund L. Hartmann, Everett Greenbaum, James Fritzell, Frank Tashlin

Cast

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 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 (uncredited)

John Aniston

as Indian (uncredited)

Argentina Brunetti

as Squaw (uncredited)

Claudia Bryar

as Mrs. Remington (uncredited)

Paul Bryar

as Man at Bar (uncredited)

Noble 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 (uncredited)

James McHale

as Conductor (uncredited)

Tina Menard

as Squaw (uncredited)

Kathryn Minner

as 96-Year-Old Woman (uncredited)

Dorothy Neumann

as Mrs. Eva Longbaugh (uncredited)

Eddie Quillan

as Train Porter (uncredited)

Bill Quinn

as U.S. Marshal Arthur Bates (uncredited)

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)