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
00:02:35 Relax. Up we go.
00:07:55 I'm her best friend.
00:10:48 Call me "Doctor."
00:13:10 Well, Ma, I guess this is it.
00:19:21 don't mean that I ain't artistic.
00:23:30 It's got the governor's signature on it.
00:26:53 Able to understand the machinations of the Oriental calculating abacus.
00:30:13 Mr. Huggins? That's right.
00:34:17 I mean, I feel bad about that. Makes me feel terrible.
00:37:49 Hello!
00:41:08 escape marriage all these years?
00:43:16 And you, Jesse, are hereby man and wife.
00:46:54 What do you want?
00:56:10 Who'd have believed it?
00:59:38 Get in the wagon.
01:04:12 I killed twelve Indians and two horses in one fight.
01:09:54 Who? The sheriff wants to see you.
01:13:17 Come on. Out.
01:16:27 Are you kiddin'?
01:19:30 I wasted all my shots like a darned dumbbell! Don't you remember?
01:22:46 I gotta get back on that dentist's track.
01:32:08 I figure the best time to get out is after they all get a little drunker.
01:39:36 Come... Come on! Wait a minute! Wait...
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed978
Dialogue density9.7 lines / min
First line00:00:22
Final line01:39:36
Production Record
DirectorAlan Rafkin
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes3,165