The Shakiest Gun in the West
movie
He's so bad he was scalped by a cigar store Indian!!
Released July 10, 1968
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".
Cast
Don Knotts
as
Dr. Jesse W. Heywood
Barbara Rhoades
as
Penelope 'Bad Penny' Cushings
Jackie Coogan
as
Matthew Basch
Ruth McDevitt
as
Mrs. Olive Heywood
Frank McGrath
as
Mr. Remington
Terry Wilson
as
Welsh
Carl Ballantine
as
Abel Swanson
Pat Morita
as
Wong
Robert Yuro
as
Arnold the Kid
Herb Voland
as
Dr. Friedlander
Fay DeWitt
as
Violet
Dub Taylor
as
Pop Cushings
Crew
Alan Rafkin
as
Director
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Edmund L. Hartmann
as
Screenplay
Frank Tashlin
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Screenplay
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James Fritzell
as
Screenplay
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Everett Greenbaum
as
Screenplay
Polly Burson
as
Stunt Double
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Andrew Jackson
as
Director of Photography
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Edward Montagne
as
Producer
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Tony Martinelli
as
Editor
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Alexander Golitzen
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Art Direction
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Henry Larrecq
as
Art Direction
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Grady Hunt
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Costume Design