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.
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| Groucho Marx | ... | S. Quentin Quale | |
| Chico Marx | ... | Joe Panello | |
| Harpo Marx | ... | 'Rusty' Panello | |
| John Carroll | ... | Terry Turner | |
| Diana Lewis | ... | Eve Wilson | |
| Walter Woolf King | ... | Beecher | |
| Robert Barrat | ... | 'Red' Baxter | |
| June MacCloy | ... | Lulubelle | |
| George Lessey | ... | Railroad President | |
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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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EnglishRelease Date:
6 December 1940 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Los hermanos Marx en el Oeste See more »Company Credits
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Joseph Panello: Sue 'em!
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(1939) (uncredited)
Music by Eldo Di Lazzaro
Played by Chico Marx on piano in the Saloon
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This film was initially telecast in New York City Thursday 7 November 1957 on WCBS (Channel 2), followed by Los Angeles Monday 2 December 1957 on KTTV (Channel 11), by Philadelphia Saturday 25 January 1958 on WFIL (Channel 6), and by San Francisco 25 October 1958 on KGO (Channel 7). See more »Goofs
After Quentin gets the long line of people to go to another window for tickets to west, that long line evaporates. Quentin spends only few seconds at the window. And yet all the people in the line are gone. See more »Quotes
S. Quentin Quale: There's only one law in the west: the law of blood and bullets. It's either shoot or be shot. What are we gonna do?Joseph Panello: Sue 'em!
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Crazy Credits
Opening card: Foreword: In 1851, Horace Greeley uttered a phrase that did much to change the history of these United States. He said: Go West, young man, go west. This is the story of three men who made Horace Greeley sorry he said it. See more »Soundtracks
The Woodpecker Song(1939) (uncredited)
Music by Eldo Di Lazzaro
Played by Chico Marx on piano in the Saloon
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Despite not having a reputation as one of the better Marx Brothers films, I still found this to be a typical MB movie with crazy scenes and a few songs. No, it may not have been as funny as their better-known films of the 1930s, but I didn't think it much below them, either.
It's not as totally outrageous as the boys' earlier stuff but it also has fewer stupid stuff, too. Make no mistake: it has its share of genuinely funny material, both in dialog and in sight gags. The finale is a wild chase scene on a train that is very, very entertaining. That holds true for a wild stagecoach ride earlier in the picture. Once again, Chico comes up with the funniest lines.
I think this is a solid comedy and an underrated Marx Brothers film . If you like "the boys" in their more well-known films, don't pass this one by.