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Go West

"Come with Buster out into the vast open spaces where men are men and cows are their only lady friends"

1925-11-01 Comedy 1hr 9m

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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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.

  • Released
    1925-11-01
  • Revenue
    n/a
  • Budget
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  • Runtime
    1hr 9m
  • Genre
    Comedy, Western
  • Status
    Released
  • Language
    No Language
  • imdb-logo
    7.1
  • Production
    Buster Keaton Productions

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Buster Keaton
Director
Buster Keaton
Producer
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Cast

Buster Keaton

Buster Keaton
Friendless
Howard Truesdale

Howard Truesdale
Owner of the Diamond Bar Ranch
Kathleen Myers

Kathleen Myers
His Daughter
Ray Thompson

Ray Thompson
The Foreman
Brown Eyes

Brown Eyes
Herself
Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle

Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle
Woman in Department Store (uncredited)
Joe Keaton

Joe Keaton
Man in Barber Shop (uncredited)
Gus Leonard

Gus Leonard
General Store Owner (uncredited)
Babe London

Babe London
Woman in Department Store (uncredited)

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A Review by Geronimo1967 7

Written by Geronimo1967 on 2025-02-05

Although I did quite enjoy this lively outing for Buster Keating, I did think it just a little tame at times. He cuts quite a lonely figure ... read more

Although I did quite enjoy this lively outing for Buster Keating, I did think it just a little tame at times. He cuts quite a lonely figure as he struggles to find his feet at home. There are no jobs and he’s not exactly beating away his friends with a stick. New York! There must be opportunities there? Well possibly, but he loathes the place and it doesn’t care much for him either. Maybe the “Wild West”? Well he doesn’t make it very far before he topples from the train - and right into his own, quite comical, pile of virtual manure. That’d be cow manure! Turns out he might have found his true vocation - even if it is despite himself, and to the chagrin of just about everyone else at the “Diamond Bar Ranch”. In many ways this plays out like an observation of real life. Not just for this hapless soul, but for the town still controlled by the rancher - in this case Howard Truesdale, who had the eligible daughter (Kathleen Myers) with whom, well you can guess the rest. It’s quickly paced and the production manages to actively incorporate loads of the urban hustle and bustle, as well as it’s more rural equivalent quite entertainingly. There are a few inter-titles but they’re largely superfluous to a plot that thrives on some slapstick, certainly, but mainly on the facial expressions of a character actor who makes a fish-out-of-water look exactly that - and one we only ever really laugh with rather than at. It’s good fun, this; pokes a little mischief at the macho cowboy culture and is an effortless hour of light-heartedness to watch.

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A Review by CinemaSerf

Although I did quite enjoy this lively outing for Buster Keating, I did think it just a little tame at times. He cuts quite a lonely figure as he struggles to find his feet at home. There are no jobs and he’s not exactly beating away his fr...

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A Review by Geronimo1967 7

Written by Geronimo1967 on 2025-02-05

Although I did quite enjoy this lively outing for Buster Keating, I did think it just a little tame at times. He cuts quite a lonely figure as he struggles to find his feet at home. There are no jobs ...

read more