Comedy ·Family ·Western · United States of America · 1968 · 1h 41m

The Shakiest Gun in the West

Director

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

Crew

Andrew Jackson — Director of Photography Tony Martinelli — Editor Vic Mizzy — Original Music Composer Everett Greenbaum — Screenplay Frank Tashlin — Screenplay Edmund L. Hartmann — Screenplay

Tagline

He's so bad he was scalped by a cigar store Indian!!

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".

Mood & Themes

Key Collaborators

Alan Rafkin Director Andrew Jackson Director of Photography Tony Martinelli Editor Vic Mizzy Original Music Composer Everett Greenbaum Screenplay Frank Tashlin Screenplay Edmund L. Hartmann Screenplay James Fritzell Screenplay Edward Montagne Producer Grady Hunt Costume Design

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