The Shakiest Gun in the West
He's so bad he was scalped by a cigar store Indian!!
1968 | 101m | English
Popularity: 3 (history)
| Director: | Alan Rafkin |
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| Writer: | Edmund L. Hartmann, James Fritzell, Everett Greenbaum, Frank Tashlin |
| Staring: |
| 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: | Jul 10, 1968 |
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| Director: | Alan Rafkin |
| Writer: | Edmund L. Hartmann, James Fritzell, Everett Greenbaum, Frank Tashlin |
| Genres: | Family, Comedy, Western |
| Keywords | horse, native american, stagecoach, covered wagon, cowgirl |
| Production Companies | Universal Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 03, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| 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) |
| Claudia Bryar | Mrs. Remington |
| Paul Bryar | Man at Bar (uncredited) |
| Noble 'Kid' Chissell | Townsman (uncredited) |
| William Christopher | Hotel Manager (uncredited) |
| Frank Coghlan Jr. | Man at Bar (uncredited) |
| Warde Donovan | Townsman (uncredited) |
| Mickey Finn | Father (uncredited) |
| Myron Healey | Stage Passenger (uncredited) |
| Charles Horvath | Indian Warrior (uncredited) |
| Clyde Howdy | Man (uncredited) |
| I. Stanford Jolley | Bearded Stage Passenger (uncredited) |
| Gil Lamb | Slosh White - Drunk |
| James McHale | Conductor (uncredited) |
| Tina Menard | Squaw (uncredited) |
| Kathryn Minner | 96-Year-Old Woman (uncredited) |
| Dorothy Neumann | Mrs. Eva Longbaugh |
| Eddie Quillan | Train Porter (uncredited) |
| Bill Quinn | U.S. Marshal Arthur Bates |
| Rodd Redwing | White Buffalo (uncredited) |
| Benny Rubin | Man at Bar (uncredited) |
| Naomi Stevens | Squaw (uncredited) |
| Boyd Stockman | Stage Driver (uncredited) |
| Leonard Stone | Bartender (uncredited) |
| Lorna Thayer | Saloon Girl (uncredited) |
| Peggy Mondo | Indian Woman in Stagecoach |
| Jim Boles | Big Spring Townsman (uncredited) |
| King Moody | Ernie |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Alan Rafkin | Director |
| Edmund L. Hartmann | Screenplay |
| James Fritzell | Screenplay |
| Everett Greenbaum | Screenplay |
| Tony Martinelli | Editor |
| Alexander Golitzen | Art Direction |
| Henry Larrecq | Art Direction |
| Grady Hunt | Costume Design |
| Andrew Jackson | Director of Photography |
| Vic Mizzy | Original Music Composer |
| Frank Tashlin | Screenplay |
| Polly Burson | Stunt Double |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Edward Montagne | Producer |
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Popularity History
| Year | Month | Avg | Max | Min |
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| 2024 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 4 |
| 2024 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 5 |
| 2024 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 3 |
| 2024 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 4 |
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| 2024 | 9 | 6 | 12 | 3 |
| 2024 | 10 | 8 | 15 | 3 |
| 2024 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 3 |
| 2024 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 3 |
| 2025 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 3 |
| 2025 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 |
| 2025 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
| 2025 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
| 2025 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 2025 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
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