Go West (1940) was the 10th Marx Brothers comedy film, in which the three brothers, Groucho, Chico, and Harpo, head to the American West and attempt to unite a couple by ensuring that an evil railroad baron is thwarted. The scene is set in Dead Man's Gulch. Groucho is "S. Quentin Quale", Chico is "Joe Panello" and Harpo is "Rusty Panello". It was directed by Edward Buzzell and written by Irving Brecher, who receives the original screenplay credit...
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Go West (1940) was the 10th Marx Brothers comedy film, in which the three brothers, Groucho, Chico, and Harpo, head to the American West and attempt to unite a couple by ensuring that an evil railroad baron is thwarted. The scene is set in Dead Man's Gulch. Groucho is "S. Quentin Quale", Chico is "Joe Panello" and Harpo is "Rusty Panello". It was directed by Edward Buzzell and written by Irving Brecher, who receives the original screenplay credit, and others.
In their obligatory first meeting scene the Marx Brothers perform the classic "That's a Ten-Spot ($10)" routine, in which Groucho is fleeced by his dimmer siblings. Some surprisingly risque lines for an MGM production make it through to the screen. For instance, Chico exclaims, "Ten dollars you want for that old beaver?" "--I'm not in business for love you know. I was in love once and I got the business", deadpans Groucho. As Harpo is picking his pocket, Groucho complains to the camera, "There's something corrupt going on around...
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