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).

Cast

• Buster Keaton – Friendless
• Howard Truesdale – Ranch owner
• Kathleen Myers – Ranch owner’s daughter
• Ray Thompson – Ranch foreman
• Brown Eyes – The Cow ‘Brown Eyes’
• Roscoe ‘Fatty’ 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)