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6.9/10 • 135

1925-11-011h 9m

ComedyWestern

Come with Buster out into the vast open spaces where men are men and cows are their only lady friends

With little luck at keeping a job in the city a New Yorker tries work in the country and eventually finds his way leading a herd of cattle to the West Coast.

Directors
Buster Keaton
Writters
Buster Keaton, Raymond Cannon

Top Billed Cast

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  1. Buster Keaton

    Buster Keaton

    Friendless

  2. Howard Truesdale

    Howard Truesdale

    Owner of the Diamond Bar Ranch

  3. Kathleen Myers

    Kathleen Myers

    His Daughter

  4. Ray Thompson

    Ray Thompson

    The Foreman

  5. Brown Eyes

    Brown Eyes

    Herself

  6. Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle

    Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle

    Woman in Department Store (uncredited)

  7. Joe Keaton

    Joe Keaton

    Man in Barber Shop (uncredited)

  8. Gus Leonard

    Gus Leonard

    General Store Owner (uncredited)

  9. Babe London

    Babe London

    Woman in Department Store (uncredited)

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CinemaSerf

Feb 5, 2025

7/10

Although I did quite enjoy this lively outing for Buster Keating, I did think it just a little tame at times. He cuts quite a lonely figure as he struggles to find his feet at home. There are no jobs and he’s not exactly beating away his friends with a stick. New York! There must be opportunities there? Well possibly, but he loathes the place and it doesn’t care much for him either. Maybe the “Wild West”? Well he doesn’t make it very far before he topples from the train - and right into his own, quite comical, pile of virtual manure. That’d be cow manure! Turns out he might have found his true vocation - even if it is despite himself, and to the chagrin of just about everyone else at the “Diamond Bar Ranch”. In many ways this plays out like an observation of real life. Not just for this hapless soul, but for the town still controlled by the rancher - in this case Howard Truesdale, who had the eligible daughter (Kathleen Myers) with whom, well you can guess the rest. It’s quickly paced and the production manages to actively incorporate loads of the urban hustle and bustle, as well as it’s more rural equivalent quite entertainingly. There are a few inter-titles but they’re largely superfluous to a plot that thrives on some slapstick, certainly, but mainly on the facial expressions of a character actor who makes a fish-out-of-water look exactly that - and one we only ever really laugh with rather than at. It’s good fun, this; pokes a little mischief at the macho cowboy culture and is an effortless hour of light-heartedness to watch.

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
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