Playing A Sheriff
Don Knotts co-starred in the 1978 comedy-western Hot Lead and Cold Feet, where he played Sheriff Denver Kid. The film involves a pair of twin brothers that compete for possession of the rickety cow town that their father founded while a crooked mayor attempts to finish the competitors in order to inherit the town himself. The film is one of the comedy-westerns that Don Knotts starred in during the 1960s and 1970s.
Reprising A Role
In the 1979 film The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again, Don Knotts and Tim Conway reprised their roles as Amos and Theodore. The film stars Harry Morgan, Tim Matheson, and Kenneth Mars as well. Comedian and Laugh-In star Ruth Buzzi also made a small cameo appearance a wild farsighted woman. While the film got mixed reviews, fans of the first movie were pleased with the sequel.