The Marx Brothers

The Marx Brothers
Go West (1940)

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Groucho stars, in this 1940 release, as S. Quentin Quale. The plot involves a fight between the boys and the villain for the deed to land needed by the railroad. The film opens with Groucho conning Harpo and Chico while being conned himself. The climactic train ride is brilliant. (J. Bradley Main)

JOE: All we want to know is where is the train?
QUALE: The train? It's out on the tracks. It seldom comes in here.

Cast:

Groucho Marx S. Quentin Quale
Harpo Marx Rusty Panello
Chico Marx Joseph Panello
John Carroll Terry Turner
Diana Lewis Eve Wilson
Robert Barrat Red Baxter
Walter Woolf King John Beecher
June MacCloy Lulubelle
George Lessey Railroad President
Mitchell Lewis Halfbreed ("Indian Pete")
Tully Marshall Dan Wilson
Edward Gargan Railroad ticket clerk
Arthur Housman Drunk in saloon
Harry Tyler Telegraph clerk
Iris Adrian Mary Lou, first saloon girl
Joan Woodbury Melody, second saloon girl
Joe Yule
Clem Bevans
Lee Bowman

Director Edward Buzzell
Written by Irving Brecher
Cinematography Leonard Smith
Art directors Stan Rogers
Cedric Gibbons
Set decorator Edwin B. Willis
Musical director George E. Stoll
Orchestrator George Bassman
Composer "Ridin' the Range" Roger Edens
Composer "As If I Didn't Know", "You Can't Argue With Love" Bronislau Kaper
Composer "From the Land of the Sky Blue Water" (Harp Solo) Charles Wakefield Cadman
Lyricist Gus Kahn
Editor Blanche Sewell
Recording director Douglas Shearer
Costume designers Dolly Tree (women)
Gile Steele (men)
Assistant director Sandy Roth
Producer Jack Cummings
Production company / Distribution Metro-Goldwyn-Meyer (Loew's Inc.)
Runtime 80 min.
Release date 06 Dec 1940
New York opening 20 Feb 1941
Spanish title Los hermanos Marx en el oeste
French title Chercheurs d'or
Finnish title Päivä lännessä