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62% Critic Match
The Shakiest Gun in the West
“He's so bad he was scalped by a cigar store Indian!!”
6.2 / 10• 1968• 1h 41m•NR• English
ComedyFamilyWestern
Storyline
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".
Cast & Crew
Don Knotts
Dr. Jesse W. Heywood
Lead
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
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Alan Rafkin's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. The Shakiest Gun in the West is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
