The Shakiest Gun in the West
He's so bad he was scalped by a cigar store Indian!!
Directed by Alan Rafkin
Produced by Universal Pictures
A lighthearted, slapstick Western comedy about a bumbling dentist mistaken for a gunslinger, built entirely on physical humor and romantic mishap.
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".
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Like The Shakiest Gun in the West
Nearest across the full emotional profile.
Same Mood as The Shakiest Gun in the West
Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.
Like The Shakiest Gun in the West, But Darker
Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.
Like The Shakiest Gun in the West, But Lighter
Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.
Like The Shakiest Gun in the West, But Less Popular
Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.
