The Shakiest Gun in the West (1968)
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Runtime: 1 hr 41 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: This remake of "The Paleface" finds Don Knotts filling in for Bob Hope as a cowardly dentist who gets mixed up with Indians and outlaws when he heads out West. Jesse Heywood leaves Philadelphia... This remake of "The Paleface" finds Don Knotts filling in for Bob Hope as a cowardly dentist who gets mixed up with Indians and outlaws when he heads out West. Jesse Heywood leaves Philadelphia behind for a new life on the frontier. He soon meets Penny, a beautiful gunslinger trying to foil a gang of bandits. She helps Jesse out of a few jams thanks to her quick trigger finger, but the bumbling doctor thinks it's his own gun that actually shot his attackers. In the process, however, he really does develop the courage to become a real hero. [More]
Starring: Don Knotts, Barbara Rhoades, Jackie Coogan, Don "Red" Barry
Starring: Don Knotts, Barbara Rhoades, Jackie Coogan, Don "Red" Barry, Ruth McDevitt, Noriyuki Morita, Dub Taylor, Robert Yurd, Ed Faulkner
Director: Alan Rafkin
Director: Alan Rafkin
Producer: Edward J. Montagne
Screenwriter: James Fritzell, Everett Greenbaum
Composer: Vic Mizzy
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