The Shakiest Gun in the West

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

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".

Release Date

July 10, 1968

Status

Released

Original Title

The Shakiest Gun in the West

Runtime

1h 41min

Budget

Revenue

Language

English

Production Companies

Universal Pictures