Took a run down memory lane and watched this, reliving some childhood memories from the 1960's. It's not on AFI's top hundred for sure, but it's entertaining enough, with Don Knotts' trademark Mr. Chicken-ish nervous wreck (here, a semi-hysterical dentist) thrown into an unlikely Old West scenario. The supporting cast is made up of reliable character actors you've seen in a thousand productions. Barbara Rhoades is given more to do than some of Knotts' other leading ladies, and has a couple of good scenes with him. It definitely ain't "High Noon" but there are enough chuckles to keep your interest (one, for me, is how everything is clean as a whistle on the Universal sets.....everything looks shiny brand-new: from the spotless costumes and teased hair to the furniture and to even the horses and stagecoaches.) If you like Knotts' type of comedy, you'll like this.
Review of The Shakiest Gun in the West
