The Shakiest Gun in the West
1968 · 101 MIN · IMDB 6.3 · 3,165 VOTES · DIR. Alan Rafkin
Overview
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".
Dialogue Timeline — 978 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:22 He's corny as corn bread seedy as grain
00:02:33 Golly Ned, Mother!
00:07:45 All right, make way for the mother of a dentist.
00:10:35 Those half-naked savages must have colds all the time.
00:12:53 Well, it got your Uncle Metcalf safely through the Civil War.
00:19:00 No. I'm gonna take this here money...
00:22:59 We've already lost two men.
00:26:16 Add that up, will you, Wong?
00:28:56 I-I almost forgot. Well, what about the horses?
00:32:45 Darn you, Lyle! Dr. Heywood!
00:35:58 Um, are you going to take your tree and your dog along with you?
00:40:08 My profile?
00:42:31 Well, all right.
00:44:56 Willie! Willie!
00:50:41 It's our wedding night.
00:57:54 See, I'd been spotting their signs for quite a while.
01:02:25 They told me this outfit was an original.
01:06:24 That's Heywood out there practicing.
01:10:37 Yes, please.
01:14:05 Hold your voice down. Of course.
01:17:08 I'm afraid not. But...
01:20:10 two at the sign, one at the skillet...
01:23:33 Brush your dentist twice a day. Visit your toothbrush once a year.
01:34:42 Be careful.
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed978
Dialogue density9.7 lines / min
First line00:00:22
Final line01:34:42
Production Record
DirectorAlan Rafkin
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes3,165