Shocking Facts About Don Knotts

The Shaky Gun

Directed by Alan Rafkin, The Shakiest Gun in the West marked the first film since the end of “The And Griffith Show”. The film is a remake of The Paleface, a 1948 movie starring Bob Hope and Jane Russell. Don Knotts plays fictional character, Jesse W. Haywood.

The 1968 comedy has Knotts playing as a timid dentist in the west who ends up marrying a reformed stagecoach bandit. His character goes from fighting gums to fighting with guns. The movie became one of Knotts’ more successful films, earning $1,650,000 between the United States and Canada.