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The Shakiest Gun in the West is a 1968 comedy western film starring Don Knotts. The movie was directed by Alan Rafkin and written by Jim Frtizell and Everett Greenbaum. The film has a runtime of 101 minutes and is unrated.

Plot Summary

Jesse W. Haywood (Don Knotts) graduates from dental school in Philadelphia in 1870 and goes west to become a frontier dentist. As a "city slicker", he finds himself bungling in an odd new environment.

On his way west the stagecoach he is travelling on is held up and robbed by two masked bandits. A posse sets out to capture the bandits and catches one of them, Penelope "Bad Penny" Cushing (Barbara Rhoades).

Held by the sheriff and facing prison as a convicted stagecoach robber, Penelope is offered a pardon if she will track down a ring of gun smugglers that also involves a local Indian tribe. She tricks Haywood into a sham marriage as a disguise.

Haywood unintentionally and inadvertently becomes the legendary "Doc the Haywood" after he guns down "Arnold the Kid" and performs other exploits (all with covert assistance from Penny).

The film is a remake of The Paleface , a 1948 movie starring Bob Hope and Jane Russell.

Cast

• Don Knotts .... Dr. Jesse W. Heywood
• Barbara Rhoades .... Penelope 'Bad Penny' Cushings
• Jackie Coogan .... Matthew Basch
• Burt Mustin .... Old Artimus
• Don 'Red' Barry .... Rev. Zachary Gant (as Donald Barry)
• Ruth McDevitt .... Olive
• Frank McGrath .... Mr. Remington
• Terry Wilson .... Welsh
• Carl Ballantine .... Abel Swanson

Beethoven film

The plot of the film Beethoven's 3rd revolves around a DVD copy of The Shakiest Gun in the West , and, consequently, this film is discussed during the Beethoven film.

External links

• This movie at the Internet Movie Database
• The Shakiest Gun in the West at the Internet Movie Database
• The Shakiest Gun in the West at the TCM Movie Database
• The Shakiest Gun in the West at Allmovie

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