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The Shakiest Gun in the West
He's so bad he was scalped by a cigar store Indian!!
1968 en 101 minutes
Rating: 6.2
Plot
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".
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Cast
![Don Knotts](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/cr1eyblxpQe4LBafMMuQ6BuOGzR.jpg)
Don Knotts
Dr. Jesse W. Heywood
![Barbara Rhoades](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/73MpFvk2YELp13jr6F4cPSx4S4B.jpg)
Barbara Rhoades
Penelope 'Bad Penny' Cushings
![Jackie Coogan](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/nTyszFKR1OCzEDs0kmUtz1g2msq.jpg)
Jackie Coogan
Matthew Basch
![Ruth McDevitt](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/4mPxaegx2KjdUbMS17Z7uRxuara.jpg)
Ruth McDevitt
Mrs. Olive Heywood
![Frank McGrath](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/oNrSoWUju49BNrpCYQGJQI6BQ0V.jpg)
Frank McGrath
Mr. Remington
![Terry Wilson](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/3g04qJqTjgvPUIx2v2zIabebjsj.jpg)
Terry Wilson
Welsh
![Carl Ballantine](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/tTFgW98P0Gt4jof7kpjVleuRDR3.jpg)
Carl Ballantine
Abel Swanson
![Pat Morita](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/dwnjbEvhKRanS5xTaI1NkZ98aM9.jpg)
Pat Morita
Wong
![Robert Yuro](/images/avatar.webp)
Robert Yuro
Arnold the Kid
![Herb Voland](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/2AO2FFvhq96vbCVlx5HUnu5m5LQ.jpg)
Herb Voland
Dr. Friedlander
![Fay DeWitt](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/8PC4TQdOlQ3cOcH6ORX9V4Chte5.jpg)
Fay DeWitt
Violet
![Dub Taylor](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/kaVczv72Xu6OlyFdA7uxTKRJNMN.jpg)
Dub Taylor
Pop Cushings
![Hope Summers](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/7pBGzF26RfMGXhAn2pE43QdTcHv.jpg)
Hope Summers
Celia
![Dick Wilson](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/q1mQblTO7wXZwxiGvmKFlG7VV6K.jpg)
Dick Wilson
Black Eagle (Indian chief)
![Don 'Red' Barry](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/airyp28VpOMYnGyZ2RL706Uplmv.jpg)
Don 'Red' Barry
Rev. Zachary Gant
![Vaughn Taylor](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/rCrh5P1LADlT8foTKdh5FBsbPcw.jpg)
Vaughn Taylor
Rev. Longbaugh
![Ed Peck](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/eqNphTRvcIuH9PeHRfowR55ReuU.jpg)
Ed Peck
Sheriff
![Edward Faulkner](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/pHnKIrTip2ZKTmvcimGqwt0qfTA.jpg)
Edward Faulkner
Marshal Sam Huggins
![Arthur Space](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/1Knee5z0h89xsRWQIdCl1sd6DDf.jpg)
Arthur Space
Sheriff Tolliver
![Greg Mullavey](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/b9I0Pnx8wVbNesq0LM7bq94fOVf.jpg)
Greg Mullavey
Phelps - Dental Student
![Fred Aldrich](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/s3s32bjmkC6gsa4S59Nrk4qgn3G.jpg)
Fred Aldrich
Passerby (uncredited)
![E.J. André](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/uBIHaT274H7KEk6u1pUyIxrFVWb.jpg)
E.J. André
Will Banks (uncredited)
![John Aniston](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/lYYycFKtSUF3sV4I78JV86tnmNG.jpg)
John Aniston
Indian (uncredited)
![Argentina Brunetti](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/laWjqkjhnDTuWjZcQyuJLgPxm7L.jpg)
Argentina Brunetti
Squaw (uncredited)
![Claudia Bryar](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/neeMERjid1VLvFdIW8W1HQU2802.jpg)
Claudia Bryar
Mrs. Remington (uncredited)
![Paul Bryar](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/o13k57tZuq5JZCRxHoNX0adOrcD.jpg)
Paul Bryar
Man at Bar (uncredited)
![Noble 'Kid' Chissell](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/mTGhwum9F9fpXjH93dcsLYsHXwX.jpg)
Noble 'Kid' Chissell
Townsman (uncredited)
![William Christopher](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/cHzfv3vvBFmtPjCH0GrECwWu3uc.jpg)
William Christopher
Hotel Manager (uncredited)
![Frank Coghlan Jr.](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/iYZWpMRLhI2JbyvZ65aWC6woPvW.jpg)
Frank Coghlan Jr.
Man at Bar (uncredited)
![Warde Donovan](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/rRBqjGyS1PqNhjCAusUbDM6xLFq.jpg)
Warde Donovan
Townsman (uncredited)
![Mickey Finn](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/nUD8jcUh1YuLTe8XziOX033UgzV.jpg)
Mickey Finn
Father (uncredited)
![Myron Healey](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/fBokJvil9CnupCjfrBylnWmYyjB.jpg)
Myron Healey
Stage Passenger (uncredited)
![Charles Horvath](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/4RvtjCJa4v7TZl2k8te50csqttw.jpg)
Charles Horvath
Indian Warrior (uncredited)
![Clyde Howdy](/images/avatar.webp)
Clyde Howdy
Man (uncredited)
![I. Stanford Jolley](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/aJQgLRwLuGXlWuTmIYWpqPeYXvI.jpg)
I. Stanford Jolley
Bearded Stage Passenger (uncredited)
![Gil Lamb](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/dfZu2cZ7JrE3iTwZEXvJGACPbsE.jpg)
Gil Lamb
Slosh White - Drunk (uncredited)
![James McHale](/images/avatar.webp)
James McHale
Conductor (uncredited)
![Tina Menard](/images/avatar.webp)
Tina Menard
Squaw (uncredited)
![Kathryn Minner](/images/avatar.webp)
Kathryn Minner
96-Year-Old Woman (uncredited)
![Dorothy Neumann](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/k6bisxSgSwMRbHkxKYbeYpIg60J.jpg)
Dorothy Neumann
Mrs. Eva Longbaugh (uncredited)
![Eddie Quillan](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/p49Q3UZigqHlmrQYWa2RTNh6CGv.jpg)
Eddie Quillan
Train Porter (uncredited)
![Bill Quinn](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/nUZESLpbnDMYovWh19uaBnKd5Dw.jpg)
Bill Quinn
U.S. Marshal Arthur Bates (uncredited)
![Rodd Redwing](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/nO0UarmZMpr1xix3cmrC9vvwk0A.jpg)
Rodd Redwing
White Buffalo (uncredited)
![Benny Rubin](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/iuuhTfrRepkEIKVYFBdGDDpwaFP.jpg)
Benny Rubin
Man at Bar (uncredited)
![Naomi Stevens](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/zPRZcmEWXVUGLBrfoJRplHZRHFU.jpg)
Naomi Stevens
Squaw (uncredited)
![Boyd Stockman](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/rOWsaxYSwSmwdnD5orIY0XSHQff.jpg)
Boyd Stockman
Stage Driver (uncredited)
![Leonard Stone](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/tagCZyXjQHOs74Z2S8dOZIeRRHJ.jpg)
Leonard Stone
Bartender (uncredited)
![Lorna Thayer](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/4Kv2rPmvSjMm8kog3pFcDhN2qjY.jpg)
Lorna Thayer
Saloon Girl (uncredited)
![Peggy Mondo](/images/avatar.webp)
Peggy Mondo
Indian Woman in Stagecoach
![Jim Boles](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/9bTqhOiAuqVFLlcfwOkrvMRIViv.jpg)
Jim Boles
Big Spring Townsman (uncredited)