Go West

Go West

80 mins | Comedy, Western | Dec. 6, 1940

Embezzler, shill, all around confidence man S. Quentin Quale is heading west to find his fortune; he meets the crafty but simple brothers Joseph and Rusty Panello in a train station, where they steal all his money. They're heading west, too, because they've heard you can just pick the gold off the ground. Once there, they befriend an old miner named Dan Wilson whose property, Dead Man's Gulch, has no gold. They loan him their last ten dollars so he can go start life anew, and for collateral, he gives them the deed to the Gulch. Unbeknownst to Wilson, the son of his longtime rival, Terry Turner (who's also in love with his daughter, Eva), has contacted the railroad to arrange for them to build through the land, making the old man rich and hopefully resolving the feud. But the evil Red Baxter, owner of a saloon, tricks the boys out of the deed, and it's up to them - as well as Quale, who naturally finds his way out west anyway - to save the day.

Go West

80 mins | Comedy, Western | Dec. 6, 1940

Go West
Embezzler, shill, all around confidence man S. Quentin Quale is heading west to find his fortune; he meets the crafty but simple brothers Joseph and Rusty Panello in a train station, where they steal all his money. They're heading west, too, because they've heard you can just pick the gold off the ground. Once there, they befriend an old miner named Dan Wilson whose property, Dead Man's Gulch, has no gold. They loan him their last ten dollars so he can go start life anew, and for collateral, he gives them the deed to the Gulch. Unbeknownst to Wilson, the son of his longtime rival, Terry Turner (who's also in love with his daughter, Eva), has contacted the railroad to arrange for them to build through the land, making the old man rich and hopefully resolving the feud. But the evil Red Baxter, owner of a saloon, tricks the boys out of the deed, and it's up to them - as well as Quale, who naturally finds his way out west anyway - to save the day.
IMDb rating 6.8
Producers Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Original title Go West
Directors Edward Buzzell
Writers Irving Brecher

Cast

Groucho Marx

as S. Quentin Quale

Chico Marx

as Joe Panello

Harpo Marx

as 'Rusty' Panello

John Carroll

as Terry Turner

Diana Lewis

as Eve Wilson

Walter Woolf King

as Beecher

Robert Barrat

as 'Red' Baxter

June MacCloy

as Lulubelle

George Lessey

as Railroad President

Lee Bowman

as (uncredited)

Edgar Dearing

as Bill - Train Engineer (uncredited)

Edward Gargan

as Railroad Ticket Seller (uncredited)

Edward Hearn

as Man at Saloon Door (uncredited)

Billy Wayne

as Train Fireman (uncredited)

Joan Woodbury

as Melody (uncredited)

Joe Yule

as Joe - Bartender (uncredited)

Barbara Bedford

as Baby's Mother on Stagecoach (uncredited)

Iris Adrian

as Mary Lou

Leo Anthony

as Barfly

Clem Bevans

as Railroad Official

Frederick Burton

as Johnson

Earl Covert

as Specialty in 'As If I Didn't Know'

James Dime

as Barfly

Al Duvall

as The Porter

Billy Engle

as Barfly

Sam Finn

as Train Passenger

Mary Gordon

as Train Passenger

Lew Harvey

as Card Player

Arthur Housman

as Drunk in Saloon

Mitchell Lewis

as Indian Pete - Halfbreed

Jack Low

as Barfly

Slim Lucas

as Stage Coach Driver

Tully Marshall

as Dan Wilson

Jack Montgomery

as Man at Dedication

Phil Neely

as Specialty in 'As If I Didn't Know'

Bob Priester

as Specialty Number

Baby Quintanilla

as Baby on Stagecoach

Cap Somers

as Bartender

Count Stefenelli

as Commuter at Station

Henry Sylvester

as Conductor

Harry Tyler

as Telegrapher

Fred Warren

as Pianist at Crystal Palace Saloon

Harry Wilson

as Barfly / Train Passenger

Al Bain

as Barfly (uncredited)