The Dude Goes West

The Dude Goes West (1948)

Genres - Comedy  |   Release Date - May 30, 1948 (USA), May 31, 1948 (USA - Unknown)  |   Run Time - 87 min.  |   Countries - United States  |   MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Sandra Brennan

In this western comedy, a milquetoast gunsmith from the East Coast goes to Arsenic City, Arizona because he has heard that everybody their carries guns. His trip West is an exercise in misfortune. Everything that could go wrong on the journey, does. At least he meets a pretty woman, also en route to Arsenic City. She goes there in search of her late father's gold mine. They fall in love and work together to find her father's killer and reclaim the mine.

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romance, business, city-slicker, father, fortune [wealth], go-west-young-man, gold, gold-mine, gunfighter, investigation, journey, killing, love, merchant, mild-mannered, misfortune, murder, on-the-road, search, west, city