The Shakiest Gun in the West

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The Shakiest Gun in the West

Directed by	Alan Rafkin
Written by	Jim Fritzell Everett Greenbaum
Starring	Don Knotts Barbara Rhoades Jackie Coogan
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date(s)	1968
Running time	101 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
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The Shakiest Gun in the West is a 1968 comedy western film starring Don Knotts. The movie was directed by Alan Rafkin and written by Jim Frtizell and Everett Greenbaum.^[1] The film has a runtime of 101 minutes and is unrated.

1 Plot Summary
2 Cast
3 Beethoven film
4 External links
5 References

[edit] Plot Summary

Jesse W. Haywood (Knotts) graduates from dental school in Philadelphia in 1870 and goes west to become a frontier dentist. As a "city slicker", he finds himself bungling in an odd new environment.

On his way west the stagecoach he is travelling on is held up and robbed by two masked bandits. A posse sets out to capture the bandits and catches one of them, Penelope "Bad Penny" Cushing.

Held by the sheriff and facing prison as a convicted stagecoach robber Penelope is offered a pardon if she will track down a ring of gun smugglers that also involves a local Indian tribe. She tricks Haywood into a sham marriage as a disguise.

Haywood unintentionally and inadvertently becomes the legendary "Doc the Haywood" after he guns down "Arnold the Kid" and performs other exploits (all with covert assistance from Penny).

The film is a remake of The Paleface, a 1948 movie starring Bob Hope and Jane Russell.

[edit] Cast

Don Knotts .... Dr. Jesse W. Heywood
Barbara Rhoades .... Penelope 'Bad Penny' Cushings
Jackie Coogan .... Matthew Basch
Burt Mustin .... Old Artimus
Don 'Red' Barry .... Rev. Zachary Gant (as Donald Barry)
Ruth McDevitt .... Olive
Frank McGrath .... Mr. Remington
Terry Wilson .... Welsh
Carl Ballantine .... Abel Swanson

[edit] Beethoven film

The plot of the film Beethoven's 3rd revolves around a DVD copy of The Shakiest Gun in the West, and, consequently, this film is discussed during the Beethoven film.