The Shakiest Gun in the West

1968 1h 41m ★6.2

The Shakiest Gun in the West

“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".

Release Date July 10, 1968
Runtime 1h 41m
Language English
Director Alan Rafkin
Category Comedy, Family, Western
Rating 6.2 / 10 (TMDb)
Year 1968
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