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Go West (1940)

APPROVED 80 min  -  Comedy | Musical | Western  -   6 December 1940 (USA)
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The Marx Brothers come to the rescue in the Wild West when a young man, trying to settle an old family feud so he can marry the girl he loves, runs afoul of crooks.

Director:

Edward Buzzell

Writer:

Irving Brecher (original screenplay), and 1 more credit »
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Cast

Complete credited cast:
Groucho Marx ...
Chico Marx ...
Harpo Marx ...
John Carroll John Carroll ...
Terry Turner
Diana Lewis Diana Lewis ...
Eve Wilson
Walter Woolf King Walter Woolf King ...
Beecher
Robert Barrat Robert Barrat ...
'Red' Baxter
June MacCloy ...
Lulubelle
George Lessey George Lessey ...
Railroad President
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Storyline

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. Written by Gary Dickerson <slug@mail.utexas.edu>  

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Plot Keywords:

Gold | Deed | Train | Marx Brothers | Farce  | See more »

Taglines:

JUMP INTO YOUR BOOTS AND SADDLES...IT'S ROUND-UP TIME IN THE WILD AND WOOLY WEST! See more »

Genres:

Comedy | Musical | Western

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

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Also Known As:

Marx Brothers Go West See more »

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Technical Specs

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Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Sound System)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1
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Did You Know?

Trivia

The film opens with Horace Greely's famous quotation: "Go West, Young Man, go west." See more »

Goofs

Continuity: The train that the Marx brothers are driving is a locomotive of a 2-8-0 wheel arrangement. However, when the train runs off the track, the locomotive is portrayed by a 2 truck Climax type engine of a 0-4-4-0 arrangement. Then, the train reverts to the 2-8-0 once it returns to the tracks. See more »

Quotes

S. Quentin Quale: I give you my solemn word as an embezzler I'll be back in ten minutes.
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Connections

Featured in The Unknown Marx Brothers (1993) See more »

Soundtracks

"As If I Didn't Know"
(1940) (credit only)
Music by Bronislau Kaper
Lyrics by Gus Kahn See more »