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The Shakiest Gun in the West

62 %|Jul 10, 1968|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".

Featured Crew

Everett Greenbaum
Screenplay
Frank Tashlin
Screenplay
Edmund L. Hartmann
Screenplay
Alan Rafkin
Director
James Fritzell
Screenplay
Polly Burson
Stunt Double
Andrew Jackson
Director of Photography
Henry Larrecq
Art Direction

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Cast

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Don Knotts
Dr. Jesse W. Heywood
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Barbara Rhoades
Penelope 'Bad Penny' Cushings
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Jackie Coogan
Matthew Basch
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Ruth McDevitt
Mrs. Olive Heywood
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Frank McGrath
Mr. Remington
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Carl Ballantine
Abel Swanson
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Robert Yuro
Arnold the Kid
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Herb Voland
Dr. Friedlander
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Dub Taylor
Pop Cushings
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Dick Wilson
Black Eagle (Indian chief)
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Don 'Red' Barry
Rev. Zachary Gant
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Vaughn Taylor
Rev. Longbaugh
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Ed Peck
Sheriff
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Edward Faulkner
Marshal Sam Huggins
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Arthur Space
Sheriff Tolliver
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Greg Mullavey
Phelps - Dental Student
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Fred Aldrich
Passerby (uncredited)
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E.J. André
Will Banks
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John Aniston
Indian (uncredited)
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Argentina Brunetti
Squaw (uncredited)
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Claudia Bryar
Mrs. Remington
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Paul Bryar
Man at Bar (uncredited)
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Noble 'Kid' Chissell
Townsman (uncredited)
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William Christopher
Hotel Manager (uncredited)
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Frank Coghlan Jr.
Man at Bar (uncredited)
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Warde Donovan
Townsman (uncredited)
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Mickey Finn
Father (uncredited)
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Myron Healey
Stage Passenger (uncredited)
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Charles Horvath
Indian Warrior (uncredited)
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Clyde Howdy
Man (uncredited)
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I. Stanford Jolley
Bearded Stage Passenger (uncredited)
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Gil Lamb
Slosh White - Drunk
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James McHale
Conductor (uncredited)
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Tina Menard
Squaw (uncredited)
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Kathryn Minner
96-Year-Old Woman (uncredited)
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Dorothy Neumann
Mrs. Eva Longbaugh
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Eddie Quillan
Train Porter (uncredited)
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Bill Quinn
U.S. Marshal Arthur Bates
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Rodd Redwing
White Buffalo (uncredited)
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Benny Rubin
Man at Bar (uncredited)
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Naomi Stevens
Squaw (uncredited)
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Boyd Stockman
Stage Driver (uncredited)
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Leonard Stone
Bartender (uncredited)
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Lorna Thayer
Saloon Girl (uncredited)
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Peggy Mondo
Indian Woman in Stagecoach
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Jim Boles
Big Spring Townsman (uncredited)