Go West

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

1925 1h 23m EN

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7.1

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★6.9TMDB · 162🍅100%Rotten Tomatoes★7.1IMDB · 5,702

ComedyWestern

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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.

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

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Cast

Buster Keaton
Friendless
Howard Truesdale
Owner of the Diamond Bar Ranch
Kathleen Myers
His Daughter
Ray Thompson
The Foreman
Brown Eyes
Herself
Roscoe Arbuckle
Woman in Department Store (uncredited)
Joe Keaton
Man in Barber Shop (uncredited)
Gus Leonard
General Store Owner (uncredited)

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Buster Keaton
Writers: Buster Keaton, Lex Neal, Raymond Cannon
Languages: No Language
Countries: United States of America

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RUNTIME

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83 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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ERA

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101 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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3 / 8

RUNTIME

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Buster Keaton, shot by Elgin Lessley. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Konrad Elfers. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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CAST

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Buster Keaton and Howard Truesdale and Kathleen Myers carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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

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8 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0015863 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Buster Keaton directs. Elgin Lessley behind the camera. Konrad Elfers scores. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in No Language.

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Things worth knowing

183 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
2101 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
4Directed by Buster Keaton, shot by Elgin Lessley. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Konrad Elfers. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Buster Keaton and Howard Truesdale and Kathleen Myers carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "Come with Buster out into the vast open spaces where men are men and cows are their only lady friends".
8IMDB entry: tt0015863 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

The technical file

Cinematography: Elgin Lessley
Original score: Konrad Elfers
Runtime: 83 min · 1h 23m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Original language: EN
Certification (US): NR
IMDB: Go West (1925)
Rotten Tomatoes: 100% 🍅 Fresh
IMDB rating: 7.1/10 · 5,702 votes
MPAA: Not Rated

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CinemaSerf2025-02-05
★ 7/10
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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