The Shakiest Gun in the West
The Shakiest Gun in the West
Release: 1968-07-10
·Runtime: 101m
·★ 6.3
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
Fay DeWitt
as Violet
Dub Taylor
as Pop Cushings
Robert Yuro
as Arnold the Kid
Don 'Red' Barry
as Rev. Zachary Gant
Edward Faulkner
as Marshal Sam Huggins
John Aniston
as Indian (uncredited)
Mickey Finn
as Father (uncredited)
Boyd Stockman
as Stage Driver (uncredited)
Jackie Coogan
as Matthew Basch
Dick Wilson
as Black Eagle (Indian chief)
Warde Donovan
as Townsman (uncredited)
Leonard Stone
as Bartender (uncredited)
Jim Boles
as Big Spring Townsman (uncredited)
King Moody
as Ernie
Carl Ballantine
as Abel Swanson
Noble 'Kid' Chissell
as Townsman (uncredited)
Rodd Redwing
as White Buffalo (uncredited)
Hope Summers
as Celia
Greg Mullavey
as Phelps - Dental Student
Don Knotts
as Dr. Jesse W. Heywood
Ruth McDevitt
as Mrs. Olive Heywood
Herb Voland
as Dr. Friedlander
Ed Peck
as Sheriff
Claudia Bryar
as Mrs. Remington
Myron Healey
as Stage Passenger (uncredited)
Bill Quinn
as U.S. Marshal Arthur Bates
Terry Wilson
as Welsh
Fred Aldrich
as Passerby (uncredited)
Paul Bryar
as Man at Bar (uncredited)
William Christopher
as Hotel Manager (uncredited)
I. Stanford Jolley
as Bearded Stage Passenger (uncredited)
Benny Rubin
as Man at Bar (uncredited)
Barbara Rhoades
as Penelope 'Bad Penny' Cushings
Frank McGrath
as Mr. Remington
Pat Morita
as Wong
Gil Lamb
as Slosh White - Drunk
Dorothy Neumann
as Mrs. Eva Longbaugh
Eddie Quillan
as Train Porter (uncredited)
Naomi Stevens
as Squaw (uncredited)
Lorna Thayer
as Saloon Girl (uncredited)
Vaughn Taylor
as Rev. Longbaugh
Arthur Space
as Sheriff Tolliver
E.J. André
as Will Banks
Argentina Brunetti
as Squaw (uncredited)
Frank Coghlan Jr.
as Man at Bar (uncredited)
