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The Shakiest Gun in the West

  • 1968
  • TMDB 6.2/10
  • 1h 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".

Overview

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

  • Don KnottsDr. Jesse W. Heywood
  • Barbara RhoadesPenelope 'Bad Penny' Cushings
  • Jackie CooganMatthew Basch
  • Ruth McDevittMrs. Olive Heywood
  • Frank McGrathMr. Remington
  • Terry WilsonWelsh
  • Carl BallantineAbel Swanson
  • Pat MoritaWong

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