
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, ... (Full plot summary below)
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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. However, 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.
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| Ozus' World Movie ReviewsDennis SchwartzThis late MGM entry to the Marx Brothers opus is one of their minor works but still in parts reflects their vintage lunacy. |
| Film Freak CentralWalter ChawThe conflict of comedic styles results in a discordant experience at best, but the bits that are pure Marx Bros. are gold. |
| User ReviewJustin EClassic comedy that never ages. You actually have to think to understand it. An inspiration for so many future comics, with classic gags and quotes that still float around today. Probably a bit hard to source, but worth the effort. |
| User ReviewDaniel Rmy all time favorite classic black and white comedy. In my opinion, better then the 3 stooges, just less slap stick comedy. more verbal and action comedy if anything. |
| User ReviewAlexandria MSimply great. I rather prefer A Night At the Opera but this film has got one the best Marx Bros. action scenes, the one on the train. Also the business deal inside the carriage will make you understand the core humor of these crazy actors, the nonsense. |
| User ReviewDavid BExtremely underrated Marx film with hilarious gags at the beginning, not quite as funny in the middle, but has one of the greatest endings ever put to film by the end. |
| User ReviewWilliam WLoved this admittedly minor film of the Marx Brothers' oeuvre. Would make a great double feature with Blazing Saddles! =) |
| User ReviewTimothy JFor all the classic screen comedians who went west it's surprising to see the Marx Bros. actually do it justice better than others. It's not equal to their best but it's a pretty solid entry late in their cannon. |
| User ReviewByron BThe first Marx brothers film I saw, got me hooked to the brothers. I watched this film a lot when I was younger, it has a good plot and a great train race. The brothers steer the train in to a house, the man at the top doesn't realize and carrys on hammering the roof, Groucho looks through the house window and says 'c'mon down theres a lovely fire in the living room'. A classic line, hysterical, what follows is Harpo crashing through the front door and calmly strolling on to a moving train. |
| User ReviewLaura FThis movie is so not rated R, no matter what the description says. |