Product Details

• Actors: Don Knotts, Barbara Rhoades, Jackie Coogan, Don 'Red' Barry, Ruth McDevitt
• Directors: Alan Rafkin
• Writers: Edmund L. Hartmann, Everett Greenbaum, Frank Tashlin, James Fritzell
• Producers: Edward Montagne
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, HiFi Sound, NTSC
• Rated: Unrated
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Universal Studios
• VHS Release Date: September 17, 1996
• Run Time: 101 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (22 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6304153139
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #56,101 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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Item Name: The Shakiest Gun In The West; Studio: Universal Studios

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22 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A very funny, family-friendly movie, January 2, 2003

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Kurt A. Johnson (North-Central Illinois, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Shakiest Gun in the West [VHS] (VHS Tape)

When Penelope "Bad Penny" Cushings (played by Barbara Rhoades) is captured after a stagecoach holdup, she is unexpectedly offered a pardon, if she will help the government by finding out who is running guns to the Indians. When her contact, who is to go undercover with her as her husband, turns up with a bullet through him, Penny needs a new husband and quick! She needs someone dumb and easily manipulated, someone like...Dr. Jesse Haywood (Don Knotts), a dentist dude from back East, who wants to spread the gospel of oral health in the West! Under Penny's watchful eye, Doc Haywood begins a life of danger and renown. Now, if only he can stay alive long enough to enjoy it. [Color, released in 1968, with a running time of 1 hour, 41 minutes.]

This is a very funny, family-friendly movie. Yes, as a fan of old movies, I always knew that this movie was a remake of Bob Hope's 1948 classic, The Paleface. But, this movie is distinct enough from that movie that a fan could equally enjoy both. I loved this movie as a kid, and am glad that I have been able to buy it, and share it with my children, who also loved it. We all highly recommend this movie to you!

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good family entertainment, March 18, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The Shakiest Gun in the West [VHS] (VHS Tape)

The first time through it wasn't incredibly funny, however, after we watched it 10 times or so, we began to pick up on some of the funnier details and now it is frequent topic of conversation to invoke laughter. Thanks, Don, for another good one!

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The Shakiest Gun In The West is classic Don Knotts comedy., December 6, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: The Shakiest Gun in the West [VHS] (VHS Tape)

No one can shake like Don Knotts and he is at his shaky best in this movie. For those of us that like his brand of slapstick ( and there are many of us) this movie about a ninny dentist gone West is a real treat. The scene with the line "hands run in my family" makes this movie worth the price. Yeah it's corny...I say bring on the corn !!