Go West [VHS]

Go West [VHS]
by Edward Buzzell

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Actor: Chico Marx, Diana Lewis, Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, John Carroll
Director: Edward Buzzell
Cinematographer: Leonard Smith
Editor: Blanche Sewell
Producer: Jack Cummings
Writer: Buster Keaton
Writer: Irving Brecher
Edition: VHS Tape
Format: Black & White, NTSC
Running Time: 80 minutes
Release Date: 1993-01-27
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Publisher: MGM (Warner)
Studio: MGM (Warner)

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Movie Review: I don't know about this wild, wild west--maybe they should move it east
Summary: 4 Stars

Go West was surprisingly funny; I expected a much slower plot bogged down with corny songs. Yes, there are one or two brief musical numbers that no doubt were placed into this film because MGM loved to turn out a musical; and these one or two numbers do slow things down a little. However, make no mistake about it: There are plenty of gags in the flick that are sure to make you laugh; you'll watch every moment of it!

The action starts at a train station when S. Quentin Quale (Groucho Marx) is trying to raise a little money to go west to seek his fortune. There's a very funny routine Quale does with Joe Panello (Chico Marx) and his brother Rusty (Harpo Marx); and somehow all three manage to eventually go west. By a chance meeting Joe and Rusty loan an old man some money and as "security" for the loan they get a deed to Dead Man's Gulch. What none of the men realize yet is that Dead Man's Gulch is actually precious land because it is wanted by a wealthy railroad company. The railroad wants Dead Man's Gulch at almost any price to make a huge and profitable rail line from New York all the way out west.

Quale soon hitches a ride further west on the very same stage coach that Joe and Rusty are on; and from here on in the plot becomes even more hilarious. Quale, Joe and Rusty wind up in the town where the railroad company wants to buy the deed to Dead Man's Gulch; and look for some zany plot twists as the deed passes back and forth amongst several men.

There's a weak subplot about two younger people from feuding families falling in love--if the railroad deal can go through; but the comedy scenes with some Native Americans are embarrassingly dated. Ouch!

Will Dead Man's Gulch finally be safely in the hands of people who want to build a railroad and do good deeds--or will the crooks 'Red' Baxter (Robert Barrat) and Beecher (Walter Woolf King) beat them to it to milk the railroad company for way more than the land is worth? Will the young couple marry? How will Quale, Joe and Rusty get the deed back to New York? No spoilers here folks; but the train ride near the end of the movie is an elaborate and wonderful climax that lasts a good fifteen minutes or so. You'll enjoy the gags!

I personally give this film four stars; I must take off one star for a couple of musical numbers that should have been canned and the dated scenes with Native Americans. However, Go West still remains one of the better and stronger Marx films. It's also one of their later films (1941).

I highly recommend for diehard Marx Brothers fans; and this film is one to watch even for the more casual fans of the Marx Brothers style of classic comedy.

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