The Shakiest Gun in the West

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The Shakiest Gun in the West is a 1968 comedy Western film starring Don Knotts as a bumbling frontier dentist who inadvertently becomes a reluctant hero.

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instanceOf Western film
comedy film
film
basedOn The Paleface NERFINISHED
castMember Don Knotts NERFINISHED
characterRole bumbling frontier dentist
cinematographyBy William Margulies NERFINISHED
colorProcess color
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
directedBy Alan Rafkin NERFINISHED
distributor Universal Pictures
editedBy Sam E. Waxman NERFINISHED
filmFormat 35 mm
filmingStyle live-action
genre Western
comedy
hasGenreElement parody
slapstick
hasHumorStyle physical comedy
situational comedy
hasMotif mistaken heroism
hasTheme reluctant hero
hasTitleLanguage English
isRemakeOf The Paleface NERFINISHED
mainCharacterOccupation dentist
musicBy Vic Mizzy NERFINISHED
narrativeForm feature film
narrativeLocation frontier town
originalLanguage English
producedBy Edward Montagne NERFINISHED
productionCompany Universal Pictures
protagonistTrait clumsy
incompetent with guns
releaseDate 1968-07-10
releaseYear 1968
runtimeMinutes 101
screenplayBy Everett Greenbaum NERFINISHED
Jim Fritzell NERFINISHED
settingPeriod American Old West NERFINISHED
starredActor Don Knotts NERFINISHED
targetAudience general audience

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Don Knotts notableWork The Shakiest Gun in the West