The Shakiest Gun in the West

Synopsis

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

Alan Rafkin

Written by

James Fritzell

Music

Vic Mizzy

Studio

Universal Pictures

Released

10 July 1968

Genres

Comedy, Family, Western