Go West (1940 film)

• Chico Marx: Joseph Panello
• Harpo Marx: Rusty Panello
• John Carroll: Terry Turner
• Diana Lewis: Eve Wilson
• Walter Woolf King: John Beecher
• Robert Barrat: Red Baxter
• June MacCloy: Lulubelle
• George Lessey: President New York & Western Railroad

Go West (alternative German Title: The Marx Brothers in the Wild West ) was the tenth published film of the Marx Brothers Groucho, Chico and Harpo Marx. It was filmed in 1940.

Action

The New York & Western Railroad ( NY & WRR ) wants to build a route to the West, and the grandfather of Eve Wilson owns a piece of land in the new route. The fiancee of Eve, Terry Turner, travels to New York and convinced the railroad to build on this land. Thus the old gentleman to a lot of money and the old quarrel between the families of Wilson and Turner takes can be resolved.

At the same time Joseph and Rusty Panello want also to the West. But the money is not enough. So they hit S. Quentin Quale, who also wants to purchase a ticket, over the ear. Achieving both the West and learn there the grandfather of Eve know. When they lend him money, he leaves them the deed to the land. A little later they deposit the instrument as a pledge for a glass of beer in Red Baxter's Saloon. This is also behind the shore-side, because he owns the land for the alternative route. And if he had both plots, he could dictate the price of the railway. But he does not know that he is in possession of both documents. A little later Joseph and Rusty can bring the instrument back in their possession.

In a stagecoach, they meet again Quale. When Joseph and Rusty want the certificate to John Beecher, a friend of Red Bexter sell, he offers, and is unexpectedly owners of the land. When he wants to sell the certificate to Baxter, this she takes it from him and chases him along with Joseph and Rusty out of the saloon. So choose the three that certificate to get back and break into Baxter. Baxter's girlfriend gets Lulubelle with this and betrays them. Baxter and Beecher put the three fixed, but Terry Turner comes to their rescue and they lock Baxter and a Beecher.

After Beecher and Baxter are freed, they prevent Turner, Quale, Rusty and Joseph can take the train to go to New York. They thus want to prevent them from selling the land, and instead want to sell the land without certificate to the Company. Joseph, Rusty and Quale manages to get into the train by bind and gag the two train drivers. Eve and Terry are already drive with your car and catch it at the next station. As Baxter and Beecher notice while driving, what is going on, freeing the train drivers and try to throw Joseph, Rusty and Quale from the train.

Finally, however, succeed in threes to bring the train to a stop, so that Eve and Terry can board. Baxter and Beecher, however, grab the car and drive with him a piece. There they sabotage the tracks so that the train comes off the track and his spins circles on a farm. Baxter and Beecher lulled into security, but the three of them manage to move the train back on the tracks. Finally, they get Beecher and Baxter. At a crossroads, the car of the two comes down to the tracks and the train is pushed into the river. Thus Eve and Terry can still reach their destination and finally terminate the family dispute, so that they can marry.

Comments

Classic scenes are:

• Quale is carved by Joseph and Rusty the ticket sales over the ear, as they always give him a provided with a thread 10 dollar bill, he has to change.
• The dismantling of the train on the way to New York: The Marx Brothers have previously lost all the wood from the tender and must now take apart the train to get fuel.

Although Buster Keaton does not appear in the opening or closing credits of the film, Irving Brecher, however, has always referred to him as a co- writer of the film, since he worked at that time with him and got tips for the movie by him.

The movie has long stretches a strong resemblance to the three years earlier resulting movie " Two rode to Texas " with Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy ( Laurel and Hardy ).

Criticism

Lexicon of international film: anarchic slapstick comedy of the Marx Brothers, which is applied through a variety of gags as high-spirited Western - parody; a fun game with genre quotes, cryptic wordplay and absurd comedy.