- The Shakiest Gun in the West
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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 westernfilm starringDon Knotts . The movie was directed byAlan Rafkin and written byJim Frtizell andEverett 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 in1870 and goes west to become afrontier 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
convict edstagecoach robber , Penelope is offered apardon if she will track down a ring of gunsmuggler s that also involves a local Indian tribe. She tricks Haywood into asham 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 andJane Russell .Cast
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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 SwansonBeethoven film
The plot of the film "
Beethoven's 3rd " revolves around aDVD 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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