Is The Shakiest Gun in the West easy watching?

Yes, very. More comforting than 95% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is The Shakiest Gun in the West sad?

Barely. Less sad than 89% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is The Shakiest Gun in the West scary?

Barely. Less frightening than 84% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Does The Shakiest Gun in the West end with hope?

Yes. More hopeful than 81% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is The Shakiest Gun in the West violent?

About average. Almost exactly mid-range for a well-known film. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

The Shakiest Gun in the West

Name: The Shakiest Gun in the West
Genre: Comedy, Family, Western
Released: 1968
Duration: 101 min
Rating: 6.2
Cast: Don Knotts, Barbara Rhoades, Jackie Coogan, Ruth McDevitt, Frank McGrath

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

Directed by Alan Rafkin

Produced by Universal Pictures

1968101 min6.2 / 10

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".

Clusters

Lighthearted Musical Comedies Fun Lighthearted Comedies Goofy Comedy No Stakes Silly Slapstick Comedies Roads and Railways

Genres

Comedy Family Western

Keywords

Horse Native American Stagecoach Covered Wagon Cowgirl

Questions people ask

Is The Shakiest Gun in the West easy watching? Yes, very. More comforting than 95% of films.
Is The Shakiest Gun in the West sad? Barely. Less sad than 89% of films.
Is The Shakiest Gun in the West scary? Barely. Less frightening than 84% of films.
Does The Shakiest Gun in the West end with hope? Yes. More hopeful than 81% of films.
Is The Shakiest Gun in the West violent? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

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