The Shakiest Gun in The West

Name: The Shakiest Gun in The West
Genre: Comedy, Western
Released: 1968-07-10
Duration: 1 h 41 min
Rating: 6.40
Cast: Barbara Rhoades, Don Knotts, Don ’Red’ Barry, Jackie Coogan

– Jesse W. Haywood (Don Knotts) graduates from dental school in Philadelphia in 1870 and goes west to ..

Type:

Movie

Rating:

6.40 / 10

Duration:

One Hour and 41 Minutes

Release Year:

1968

The Shakiest Gun in The West — The Shakiest Gun in the West (1968)

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".

Styles:

Earnest, Funny, Comic, Road Movie, Sexy, Light, Not Serious, Humorous, Exciting, Realistic

Story Timeline:

1870s, 19th Century

Producing Country:

USA

Filming Locations:

Philadelphia, Texas, New Jersey, USA

Genre:

Western, Comedy

Editor's Pick for:

Pre-teens

Release Date:

10 Jul 1968

Language:

English

MPAA Content-Rating:

Passed

Directed by:

Alan Rafkin

Story Written By:

Everett Greenbaum, Frank Tashlin, Edmund L. Hartmann, James Fritzell

Main Actors:

Barbara Rhoades, Don Knotts, Don ’Red’ Barry, Jackie Coogan

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).

Production Company:

Universal Pictures

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database:

6.4/10