The Shakiest Gun in the West

The Shakiest Gun in the West

Infobox Film
name = The Shakiest Gun in the West


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director = Alan Rafkin
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writer = Jim Fritzell
Everett Greenbaum
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starring = Don Knotts
Barbara Rhoades
Jackie Coogan
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distributor = Universal Pictures
released = November 30, 1968
runtime = 101 minutes
country = United States
language = English
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imdb_id = 0063591

"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. [ [http://imdb.com/title/tt0063591/fullcredits IMDB Full Credits] ] The film has a runtime of 101 minutes and is unrated.

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 (Rhoades).

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.

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

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.

External links

* [http://imdb.com/title/tt0063591/ This movie at the Internet Movie Database]

References


* [http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9D03E6DD1230EF34BC4952DFB1668383679EDE New York Times review]


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