Go West

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7.1/10

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Comedy Western

With little luck at keeping a job in the city a New Yorker tries work in the country and eventually finds his way leading a herd of cattle to the West Coast.With little luck at keeping a job in the city a New Yorker tries work in the country and eventually finds his way leading a herd of cattle to the West Coast.With little luck at keeping a job in the city a New Yorker tries work in the country and eventually finds his way leading a herd of cattle to the West Coast.

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IMDb RATING

7.1/10

5.2K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 1 nomination total

Trivia
In order to achieve comic chemistry between human and animal, Keaton personally trained the bovine performer. During the shooting of Go West, production ground to a halt for two weeks when Brown Eyes went into heat. However, she gets a credit in the movie and even got a salary for her acting - $13 a week.

Goofs
When the girl summons Buster and the cowboy to tend to her splinter, Buster is standing to the cowboy's right. When they arrive, Buster is on his left.

Quotes
[last lines]
Ranch owner: My home and anything I have is yours for the asking.
[pause]
Friendless: [gestures to the back] I want her.
[Ranch owner first believes Friendless wants his daughter - then, realizes he is talking about his cow]

Connections
Edited into The Golden Age of Buster Keaton (1979)

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Worth watching!

While most of the things said above are true, don't let them stop you from enjoying this wonderful piece of film. If you love trains, or just Keaton's incomparable train gags, you'll be enthralled. If you really like Keaton, you'll appreciate the inside joke on his shtick (a rare indulgence on his part). If you think about the stampede scene while watching it, and consider how impossible it is to remake in this day and age, you'll appreciate it more. If you enjoy running gags, you'll find several strings through it. While I admit there are better Keaton efforts, and while I admit I'm very partial, I still say that if you appreciate Keaton at all you'll like this one, too.

Let the comments above warn you that "The General" it isn't, realize that they can't all be five-star classics, and enjoy this really nice film! Not his best, but not bad at all. There's certainly no sense in waiting for his next one (unfortunately). Jackie Chan may still be at it, but all the Keaton we have is all we have--and thank goodness for that much!