The Shakiest Gun in the West

Name: The Shakiest Gun in the West
Released: 1968-07-10

1968· 1h 41m· Comedy· Family· Western

“He's so bad he was scalped by a cigar store Indian!!”

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".

1968-07-10

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Key Crew

DirectorAlan Rafkin

ScreenplayEverett Greenbaum

ProducerEdward Montagne

Director of PhotographyAndrew Jackson

Original Music ComposerVic Mizzy

EditorTony Martinelli

Full cast & crew (30 cast · 13 crew)

Details

Released1968-07-10

Runtime1h 41m

StatusReleased

StudiosUniversal Pictures

LanguagesEnglish

CountriesUnited States of America

Rating6.3/10 · 48 votes

Original languageen

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