在小镇上，一个年轻人游手好闲无所事事，于是他决定去纽约碰碰运气。影片讲述了1925年发生在美国西部牛仔的故事，风格搞笑幽默。
A young man who doesn't find a job in his small hometown, tries his luck in New York, but is overwelmed by the life of the city, so decides to try his luck somewhere else after a only a few minutes in New York. He falls off a train near a ranch, where he tries his luck as a cowbowy, being in his own way very sucessful. But he shows what he can do when the farm has to bring a 100 head of cattle to the slaughterhouses of Los Angeles to avoid going bankrupt, against the will of his neighbour who wants a better price. After a shoot-out with the neighbour's men he's the only person on a Los Angeles bound train with 1000 cows....
在事业巅峰《将军号》到来前，基顿制作了规模相对较小的作品《西行》，影片基本没有耗费巨大的大型特技，而是尝试用动物制造笑料。其实在1918年基顿就曾和肥帝合作过一部西部题材的喜剧短片，不过这次基顿更换了关键的喜剧元素。片中基顿还与一头母牛建立起感情，这也展示了他细腻的一面。
能看出之后将军号的影子：都是从A地到B地，单人操控大场面解决问题。剧情的节奏稍逊，不过牛仔和小母牛的感情戏还挺萌的，后面动物的调度一看就感觉很难（BK说他们选了棕眼因为她漂亮，然后拍到一半她突然进入了发情期，为了不延误拍摄剧组只好赶紧找公牛来交配…）
牛群进城上街场景绝对是影史独树一帜之作！影片里更充满了对他人对动物对世界的人性关怀！！
自黑十级，面瘫满分（用手挤笑容萌死），可怜可爱的小牛仔与母牛的深情厚谊，千牛奔腾场景堪称大手笔，纷纷闯入商店混乱中力显调度功力，动作技能的想象力和喜剧的创造力最服基顿。
在小镇上，一个年轻人游手好闲无所事事，于是他决定去纽约碰碰运气。影片讲述了1925年发生在美国西部牛仔的故事，风格搞笑幽默。 A young man who doesn't find a job in his small hometown tries his luck in New York but is overwelmed by the life of the city so decides to try his luck somewhere else after a only a few minutes in New York. He falls off a train near a ranch where he tries his luck as a cowbowy being in his own way very sucessf...
