Name: Way Out West
Genre: Comedy, Western
Released: 1937-04-16
Duration: 64 min
Rating: 7.1
Cast: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Rosina Lawrence, James Finlayson, Sharon Lynn

1937·Comedy·1h 4m

7.1

★

Stan and Ollie try to deliver the deed to a valuable gold mine to the daughter of a dead prospector. Unfortunately, the daughter's evil guardian is determined to have the gold mine for himself and his saloon-singer wife.

Directed by James W. Horne

saloon

donkey

slapstick comedy

gold mine

black and white

prospector

burro

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Cast

Stan Laurel

Stan

Oliver Hardy

Ollie

Rosina Lawrence

Mary Roberts / Stan's falsetto (voice)

James Finlayson

Mickey Finn

Sharon Lynn

Lola Marcel

Chill Wills

Lead Singer of the Avalon Boys / Stan's Bass Singing (uncredited)

Stanley Fields

Sheriff

Vivien Oakland

Sheriff's Wife

Flora Finch

Maw (uncredited)

Fred 'Snowflake' Toones

Janitor

Eddie Borden

Barfly (uncredited)

Sam Lufkin

Stagecoach Baggage Handler (uncredited)

Crew

James W. Horne

Director

Charley Rogers

Screenplay

James W. Horne

Writer

James Parrott

Screenplay

Stan Laurel

Writer

Oliver Hardy

Writer

Stan Laurel

Producer

Hal Roach

Producer

Charley Rogers

Original Story

Ham Kinsey

Stunts

Elmer Raguse

Sound Supervisor

Harvey Parry

Stunts

Popular Reviews

36 reviews

Luca Trumfio

8.0★ · 06/13/26

The part when they find out the truth about the deed was so suspenseful i nearly puked

Alby

7.0★ · 04/12/26

Oh to be Stan Laurel

Yannai

7.0★ · 04/01/26

Western ranked

Irene Jiménez

9.0★ · 11/10/25

Esta película es mi infancia entera. Es que me la veré cuando tenga 70 años y me seguiré riendo igual que cuando tenía 7 porque es buenísima.

steven senegal

9.0★ · 10/28/25

i’ve seen this film so many times in my life it’s practically embedded in my dna at this point. i feel like i know every single motion and word spoken in this film, i can almost watch the entire thing in my mind.