The Shakiest Gun in the West

views updated

The Shakiest Gun in the West ★★½ 1968

Remake of Bob Hope's “Paleface” has Philadelphia dentist Jesse W. Heywood (Knotts) heading off for a new practice in the wild west of Big Springs. There he unwittingly takes on bad guys and sultry Penny (Rhoades), an undercover government agent who ropes the nervous dentist into marriage for the sake of her job. 101m/C VHS, DVD . Helene Winston, Don Knotts, Barbara Rhoades, Jackie Coogan, Donald (Don “Red”) Barry, Ruth McDevitt, Dub Taylor, Noriyuki “Pat” Morita; D: Alan Rafkin; W: James Fritzell, Everett Greenbaum.

More From encyclopedia.com