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The Shakiest Gun in the West

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Calorie Rating: 142
Released: 1968-07-10
Running Time: 101 Minutes
Studios: Universal Pictures,


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".

Director / Directors

Alan Rafkin
Director


Cast

Don Knotts
Character: Dr. Jesse W. Heywood
Barbara Rhoades
Character: Penelope 'Bad Penny' Cushings
Jackie Coogan
Character: Matthew Basch

Ruth McDevitt
Character: Mrs. Olive Heywood
Frank McGrath
Character: Mr. Remington
Terry Wilson
Character: Welsh

Carl Ballantine
Character: Abel Swanson
Pat Morita
Character: Wong
Robert Yuro
Character: Arnold the Kid

Herb Voland
Character: Dr. Friedlander
Fay DeWitt
Character: Violet
Dub Taylor
Character: Pop Cushings

Hope Summers
Character: Celia
Dick Wilson
Character: Black Eagle (Indian chief)
Don 'Red' Barry
Character: Rev. Zachary Gant

Vaughn Taylor
Character: Rev. Longbaugh
Ed Peck
Character: Sheriff
Edward Faulkner
Character: Marshal Sam Huggins

Arthur Space
Character: Sheriff Tolliver
Greg Mullavey
Character: Phelps - Dental Student
Fred Aldrich
Character: Passerby (uncredited)

E.J. André
Character: Will Banks
John Aniston
Character: Indian (uncredited)
Argentina Brunetti
Character: Squaw (uncredited)

Claudia Bryar
Character: Mrs. Remington
Paul Bryar
Character: Man at Bar (uncredited)
Noble 'Kid' Chissell
Character: Townsman (uncredited)

William Christopher
Character: Hotel Manager (uncredited)
Frank Coghlan Jr.
Character: Man at Bar (uncredited)
Warde Donovan
Character: Townsman (uncredited)

Mickey Finn
Character: Father (uncredited)
Myron Healey
Character: Stage Passenger (uncredited)
Charles Horvath
Character: Indian Warrior (uncredited)

Clyde Howdy
Character: Man (uncredited)
I. Stanford Jolley
Character: Bearded Stage Passenger (uncredited)
Gil Lamb
Character: Slosh White - Drunk

James McHale
Character: Conductor (uncredited)
Tina Menard
Character: Squaw (uncredited)
Kathryn Minner
Character: 96-Year-Old Woman (uncredited)

Dorothy Neumann
Character: Mrs. Eva Longbaugh
Eddie Quillan
Character: Train Porter (uncredited)
Bill Quinn
Character: U.S. Marshal Arthur Bates

Rodd Redwing
Character: White Buffalo (uncredited)
Benny Rubin
Character: Man at Bar (uncredited)
Naomi Stevens
Character: Squaw (uncredited)

Boyd Stockman
Character: Stage Driver (uncredited)
Leonard Stone
Character: Bartender (uncredited)
Lorna Thayer
Character: Saloon Girl (uncredited)

Peggy Mondo
Character: Indian Woman in Stagecoach
Jim Boles
Character: Big Spring Townsman (uncredited)
King Moody
Character: Ernie


Production and Crew

Frank Tashlin
Screenplay

James Fritzell
Screenplay
Polly Burson
Stunt Double
Andrew Jackson
Director of Photography

Henry Larrecq
Art Direction

Grady Hunt
Costume Design
Alexander Golitzen
Art Direction
Vic Mizzy
Original Music Composer