The Shakiest Gun in the West

IMDb 6.3 1968 • 101 min • ComedyFamilyWestern

Director

Alan Rafkin

Country

US

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".

Top Cast

Don Knotts
Don Knotts Dr. Jesse W. Heywood
Barbara Rhoades
Barbara Rhoades Penelope 'Bad Penny' Cushings
Jackie Coogan
Jackie Coogan Matthew Basch
Ruth McDevitt
Ruth McDevitt Mrs. Olive Heywood
Frank McGrath
Frank McGrath Mr. Remington