{{Short description|1981 film by Michele Lupo}} {{Infobox film | name = Buddy Goes West | image = Buddy goes West.jpg | caption = Original DVD cover - Art by [[Renato Casaro]] | director = [[Michele Lupo]] | writer = [[Sergio Donati]] | starring = [[Bud Spencer]] | music = [[Ennio Morricone]] | cinematography = [[Franco Di Giacomo]] | editing = | producer = Claudio Mancini<br>[[Horst Wendlandt]] | distributor = | released = {{Film date|1981}} |runtime = 92 min | country = Italy | language = Italian }} '''''Buddy Goes West''''' ({{langx|it|'''Occhio alla penna'''}}, also known as ''A fist goes West'') is a 1981 [[Spaghetti Western]] [[comedy film]] directed by [[Michele Lupo]].<ref name="80-89 m-z">{{cite book|last=Roberto Poppi|title=Dizionario del cinema italiano: I film|publisher=Gremese, 2000|isbn=887742429X}}</ref><ref name=spaghetti>{{cite book|last=Marco Giusti|title=Dizionario del western all'italiana|year=2007|publisher=Mondadori, 2007|isbn=978-8804572770}}</ref>
== Plot == In the [[Old West]], a mysterious man, nicknamed "Doc", arrives in a dusty town. Doc is a bandit who robbed a city physician, keeping his instruments' briefcase. He is misunderstood by local residents for a real doctor, and induced to care in particular for sick children. While treating them, Doc becomes aware that the small town is harassed by a criminal gang that bribes the sheriff. Doc immediately proclaims himself the new sheriff, and proceeds to hunt down the bandits.
== Cast == * [[Bud Spencer]]: Buddy * [[Amidou]]: Girolamo * [[Joe Bugner]]: Sheriff Bronson * [[Riccardo Pizzuti]]: Colorado Slim * [[Carlo Reali]]: Sarto * [[Renato Scarpa]]: Logan * [[Sara Franchetti]]: Witwe Gordon * [[Giovanni Cianfriglia]]: Jack Bolt * [[Nazzareno Zamperla]]: Slim Henchman (uncredited)
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==External links== *{{IMDb title|0082835}} *{{rotten-tomatoes|771426421}}
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