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Go West is a american film of genre Drama directed by Buster Keaton released in USA on 1 november 1925 with Buster Keaton
Go West (1925)
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Add to a movie listGo West (1925) is a silent movie starring Buster Keaton.
Keaton portrays Friendless, who travels west to try to make his fortune. Once there, he tries his hand at bronco-busting, cattle wrangling, and dairy farming, eventually forming a bond with a cow named "Brown Eyes." Eventually he finds himself leading a herd of cattle through Los Angeles.
Seventy years after the release of the film guitarist Bill Frisell recorded a soundtrack accompaniment Go West: Music for the Films of Buster Keaton (1995). The Rats & People Motion Picture Orchestra premiered its new score for the film in 2007.
Synopsis
A drifter identified only as "Friendless" (Keaton) sells the last of his possessions, keeping only a few trinkets and a picture of his mother. Unable to find a job in the city, he goes west and manages to get a job at a cattle ranch despite having no experience. Meanwhile, a neglected cow named Brown Eyes fails to give milk and is sent out to the field along with the other cattle.Actors
Buster Keaton
(Friendless)
Roscoe Arbuckle
(Woman in Department Store (uncredited))
Joe Keaton
(Man in Barber Shop (uncredited))
Gus Leonard
(General Store Owner (uncredited))
Babe London
(Woman in department store (uncredited))
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