Go West

Go West (1940)

  • 89% of critics liked it
    (9 reviews)

  • 57% of users liked it
    (2,579 ratings)

The Marx Bros.' Go West was on the drawing boards as early as 1936, when MGM executive Irving Thalberg commissioned Bert Kalmar and Harry Ruby to come up with a script in which the Marx boys get involved with a rodeo. The project was shelved in favor of A Day at the Races, then revived in late 1939,… More

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Unrated, 1 hr. 21 min.
Directed By
Edward Buzzell
Written By
Irving Brecher
Genres
Western, Musical & Performing Arts, Classics, Comedy
In Theaters
Jun 1, 1940 Wide
On DVD
Jan 29, 1992
MGM Home Entertainment

Critic Reviews

  • Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews

    This late MGM entry to the Marx Brothers opus is one of their minor works but still in parts reflects their vintage lunacy.

  • Walter Chaw, Film Freak Central

    The conflict of comedic styles results in a discordant experience at best, but the bits that are pure Marx Bros. are gold.

  • Ken Hanke, Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

    Really lower rung Marx romp with a few good sequences

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • AJ V


    This movie starts out hilarious, but then it looses steam. The Marx Brothers do a lot of their normal gags, but then they start to do some other ridiculous jokes that are beneath them. Still, this movie is worth watching if you're a big fan of the Marx Brothers, if not… More

  • Ken S


    Hands down the least funny Marx Brothers film

  • Byron B


    Same director as At the Circus, Buzzell, but new producer in Jack Cummings who had experience with musicals. Groucho is S. Quentin Quale some sort of business man heading out west in 1870. He has $60 out of the $70 he needs for a stagecoach ticket. Chico and Harpo are the Panello… More

  • Matthew Y


    In Go West the Marx Brothers go west...oh you figured that out already. Well I mean really is there anything else that needs to be said? It's the Marx Brothers if you don't know what you're getting yourself into by now I really don't know what to say. Several… More

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