The Shakiest Gun in the West (1968)

"He's so bad he was scalped by a cigar store Indian!!"

Comedy Family Western

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".

Duration

101 min

Rating

⭐ 6.2 / 10

Status

Released

Release Date

Jul 10, 1968

Languages

English

Production

Universal Pictures