

MovieComedyFamilyWestern
The Shakiest Gun in the West
He's so bad he was scalped by a cigar store Indian!!
6.3(50)19681h 41m
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".
- Director
- Alan Rafkin
- Writers
- James Fritzell,Everett Greenbaum
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Cast

Don Knotts
Dr. Jesse W. Heywood

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

Robert Yuro
Arnold the Kid

Herb Voland
Dr. Friedlander

Fay DeWitt
Violet

Dub Taylor
Pop Cushings

Hope Summers
Celia

Dick Wilson
Black Eagle (Indian chief)

Don 'Red' Barry
Rev. Zachary Gant

Vaughn Taylor
Rev. Longbaugh

Ed Peck
Sheriff

Edward Faulkner
Marshal Sam Huggins

Arthur Space
Sheriff Tolliver

Greg Mullavey
Phelps - Dental Student

Fred Aldrich
Passerby (uncredited)

E.J. André
Will Banks

John Aniston
Indian (uncredited)

Argentina Brunetti
Squaw (uncredited)
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Crew
Directing
- Alan RafkinDirector
Writing
- James FritzellScreenplay
- Everett GreenbaumScreenplay
- Frank TashlinOriginal Film Writer
- Edmund L. HartmannOriginal Film Writer
Production
- Edward MontagneProducer
Camera
- Andrew JacksonDirector of Photography
Editing
- Tony MartinelliEditor
Sound
- Vic MizzyOriginal Music Composer
Art
- Alexander GolitzenArt Direction
- Henry LarrecqArt Direction
Costume & Make-Up
- Grady HuntCostume Design
Crew
- Polly BursonStunt Double