The Shakiest Gun in the West
The Shakiest Gun in the West
Release: 1968-07-10
·Runtime: 101m
·★ 6.2
Comedy
Family
Western
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".
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
Universal Pictures
Cast
Herb Voland
as Dr. Friedlander
Greg Mullavey
as Phelps - Dental Student
E.J. André
as Will Banks
John Aniston
as Indian (uncredited)
William Christopher
as Hotel Manager (uncredited)
Gil Lamb
as Slosh White - Drunk
Frank McGrath
as Mr. Remington
Robert Yuro
as Arnold the Kid
Dick Wilson
as Black Eagle (Indian chief)
Ed Peck
as Sheriff
Lorna Thayer
as Saloon Girl (uncredited)
Jim Boles
as Big Spring Townsman (uncredited)
Arthur Space
as Sheriff Tolliver
Eddie Quillan
as Train Porter (uncredited)
Rodd Redwing
as White Buffalo (uncredited)
King Moody
as Ernie
Hope Summers
as Celia
Don 'Red' Barry
as Rev. Zachary Gant
Vaughn Taylor
as Rev. Longbaugh
Claudia Bryar
as Mrs. Remington
Noble 'Kid' Chissell
as Townsman (uncredited)
Leonard Stone
as Bartender (uncredited)
Terry Wilson
as Welsh
Fred Aldrich
as Passerby (uncredited)
Argentina Brunetti
as Squaw (uncredited)
Dorothy Neumann
as Mrs. Eva Longbaugh
Boyd Stockman
as Stage Driver (uncredited)
Fay DeWitt
as Violet
Dub Taylor
as Pop Cushings
Warde Donovan
as Townsman (uncredited)
Myron Healey
as Stage Passenger (uncredited)
Naomi Stevens
as Squaw (uncredited)
Carl Ballantine
as Abel Swanson
Edward Faulkner
as Marshal Sam Huggins
I. Stanford Jolley
as Bearded Stage Passenger (uncredited)
Benny Rubin
as Man at Bar (uncredited)
Barbara Rhoades
as Penelope 'Bad Penny' Cushings
Jackie Coogan
as Matthew Basch
Pat Morita
as Wong
Paul Bryar
as Man at Bar (uncredited)
Frank Coghlan Jr.
as Man at Bar (uncredited)
Mickey Finn
as Father (uncredited)
Bill Quinn
as U.S. Marshal Arthur Bates
Don Knotts
as Dr. Jesse W. Heywood
Ruth McDevitt
as Mrs. Olive Heywood
