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.
All labels observed (1)
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| The Shakiest Gun in the West canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4628136 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Shakiest Gun in the West Context triple: [Don Knotts, notableWork, The Shakiest Gun in the West]
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A.
The Gunfighter
The Gunfighter is a 1950 American Western film starring Gregory Peck as an aging gunslinger trying to escape his violent past.
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B.
The Left Handed Gun
The Left Handed Gun is a 1958 Western film dramatizing the life of Billy the Kid, noted for its psychologically complex, revisionist take on the outlaw legend.
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C.
Forty Guns
Forty Guns is a 1957 Western film directed by Samuel Fuller, known for its striking black-and-white Cinemascope visuals and Barbara Stanwyck’s powerful role as a ruthless ranch matriarch.
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D.
Winchester '73
Winchester '73 is a classic 1950 American Western film starring James Stewart, renowned for its innovative focus on a prized rifle that links multiple characters and stories.
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E.
The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky
The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky is a short story by American author Stephen Crane that humorously subverts traditional Western tropes through the tale of a newly married sheriff returning with his bride to a small frontier town.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Shakiest Gun in the West Target entity description: 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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A.
The Gunfighter
The Gunfighter is a 1950 American Western film starring Gregory Peck as an aging gunslinger trying to escape his violent past.
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B.
The Left Handed Gun
The Left Handed Gun is a 1958 Western film dramatizing the life of Billy the Kid, noted for its psychologically complex, revisionist take on the outlaw legend.
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C.
Forty Guns
Forty Guns is a 1957 Western film directed by Samuel Fuller, known for its striking black-and-white Cinemascope visuals and Barbara Stanwyck’s powerful role as a ruthless ranch matriarch.
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D.
Winchester '73
Winchester '73 is a classic 1950 American Western film starring James Stewart, renowned for its innovative focus on a prized rifle that links multiple characters and stories.
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E.
The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky
The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky is a short story by American author Stephen Crane that humorously subverts traditional Western tropes through the tale of a newly married sheriff returning with his bride to a small frontier town.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Western film
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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
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comedy ⓘ |
| hasGenreElement |
parody
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slapstick ⓘ |
| hasHumorStyle |
physical comedy
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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
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incompetent with guns ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1968-07-10 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1968 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 101 ⓘ |
| screenplayBy |
Everett Greenbaum
NERFINISHED
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Jim Fritzell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | American Old West NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starredActor | Don Knotts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| targetAudience | general audience ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Shakiest Gun in the West Description of subject: 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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