The Shakiest Gun in the West

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

Jul 10 1968 Approved 1h 41m
Action, Adventure, Comedy

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".

Plot

Jesse W. Haywood graduates from dental school in Philadelphia in 1870 and goes west "to fight oral ignorance." Meanwhile stagecoach robber Penelope "Bad Penny" Cushing is offered a pardon if she will track down a ring of gun smugglers. She tricks the bungling Haywood into a fictitious marriage as a disguise, and he becomes the heroic "Doc the Haywood" after he guns down "Arnold the Kid" and performs other exploits with Penny's help (unbeknown to him or anyone else).

Written by

James Fritzell, Everett Greenbaum, Edmund L. Hartmann

Directed by

Alan Rafkin

Cast

Don Knotts, Barbara Rhoades, Jackie Coogan

Crew

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Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Universal Pictures

Languages

English

Awards

N/A

Scores
# of Votes
3,165
Average Rating
6.3 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA