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The Shakiest Gun in the West is a american film of genre Comedy directed by Alan Rafkin released in USA on 10 july 1968 with Don Knotts
The Shakiest Gun in the West (1968)
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Add to a movie listThe Shakiest Gun in the West is a 1968 Western comedy film starring Don Knotts. It was directed by Alan Rafkin and written by Jim Fritzell and Everett Greenbaum.
The film is a remake of The Paleface, a 1948 movie starring Bob Hope and Jane Russell.
Synopsis
Jesse W. Haywood 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 a new environment.Actors
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)
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