Go West Page #5

Synopsis: Embezzler, shill, all around confidence man S. Quentin Quale is heading west to find his fortune; he meets the crafty but simple brothers Joseph and Rusty Panello in a train station, where they steal all his money. They're heading west, too, because they've heard you can just pick the gold off the ground. Once there, they befriend an old miner named Dan Wilson whose property, Dead Man's Gulch, has no gold. They loan him their last ten dollars so he can go start life anew, and for collateral, he gives them the deed to the Gulch. Unbeknownst to Wilson, the son of his longtime rival, Terry Turner (who's also in love with his daughter, Eva), has contacted the railroad to arrange for them to build through the land, making the old man rich and hopefully resolving the feud. But the evil Red Baxter, owner of a saloon, tricks the boys out of the deed, and it's up to them - as well as Quale, who naturally finds his way out west anyway - to save the day.
Director(s): Edward Buzzell
Production: MGM Home Entertainment
 
IMDB:
6.9
Rotten Tomatoes:
89%
PASSED
Year:
1940
80 min
843 Views


- Sure.

I mean, no.

He's trying to tell us

it's home in Birch City.

We'd better go there immediately.

Come along, gentlemen.

Just follow me, please.

Why you tell him where the deed is?

All the time you talk too much.

From now on, you keep your hands shut.

If that's only a mirage coming,

I'm gonna look like you in a few days.

Come on, stranger, hop in.

- Where did I see your face before?

- Right where it is now.

Blondie, how would you like to buy

a diamond necklace...

that formerly belonged

to the Czarina of Russia?

- How did you get it?

- I used to room with Rasputin.

- $1.

- I'll buy it. Lend me $10.

- Sure, Mr. Panello.

- $10.

$9 change, please.

Let's forget about it.

Madam, why is that baby

constantly crying?

He can't stand the jerks in the coach.

Now wait a minute, boys.

It was nothing personal.

She didn't mean anything by it.

$10 for every ditch you hit.

- I'm so sorry.

- I must get myself straightened around.

- That's it, around.

- Let my bustle go!

Attaboy.

- I can fix this bustle myself!

- All right, he's just helping you.

Madam, it's none of my business,

but are you wearing a revolving door?

If you are,

I'd like to go around with you sometime.

Mr. Panello, instead of bargaining with you

for the rights of the land...

I intend to make you a liberal offer,

which I feel you'll instantly accept.

How much you gonna pay us for this land?

$500.

$500! We're gonna be rich!

Now, all I need is both your signatures.

On the bottom.

There you are. Thank you.

I'll give you $1,000.

- How dare you, you meddlesome fool!

- I heard that!

If you weren't so small,

I'd flog the daylights out of you.

- But I'm bigger than you.

- That's another reason.

You'll pay us double for this land

than the Railroad?

Yes, and it's a lucky thing for you

I got here in time.

Mr. Panello,

you don't know who he represents.

At least you know my offer is bona fide.

That's right.

How do we know your offer is bona fide?

- Are your hands clean?

- Sure.

Then here's my card.

"Bona Fide Oil Company.

S.Quentin Quale, Pres. "

Look. His whole company is bona fide.

In all my long business experience,

I've dealt with every important oil firm...

- and I've never heard of your company.

- You haven't?

Evidently you don't read

the bankruptcy notices.

It works out fine.

We get your land, you get $1,000...

and our friend here

gets bounced by the Railroad...

for letting this oily deal

slip through his greasy fingers.

If you don't mind,

would you mind taking your feet down?

It's a good joke.

Wait till the Railroad hears about this.

It's more than your land is worth, really...

but I'll stretch a point. $1,500.

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Irving Brecher

Irving S. Brecher (January 17, 1914 – November 17, 2008) was a screenwriter who wrote for the Marx Brothers among many others; he was the only writer to get sole credit on a Marx Brothers film, penning the screenplays for At the Circus (1939) and Go West (1940). He was also one of the numerous uncredited writers on the screenplay of The Wizard of Oz (1939). Some of his other screenplays were Shadow of the Thin Man (1941), Ziegfeld Follies (1946) and Bye Bye Birdie (1963). more…

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