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The Shakiest Gun in the West( 1968)

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

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".

    Top Billed 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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      Terry Wilson

      Welsh

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      Carl Ballantine

      Abel Swanson

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      Pat Morita

      Wong

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      Robert Yuro

      Arnold the Kid

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      Herb Voland

      Dr. Friedlander

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      Fay DeWitt

      Violet

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      Dub Taylor

      Pop Cushings

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      Hope Summers

      Celia

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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)

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      King Moody

      Ernie

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

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    Revenue

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    Keywords

    • horse
    • native american
    • stagecoach
    • covered wagon
    • cowgirl