Way Out West

Way Out West is a 1930 American pre-Code parody film, directed by Fred Niblo, starring William Haines, Leila Hyams, Polly Moran, and Ralph Bushman. It tells the story of Windy, a con man who cheats a group of cowboys out of their money. When they discover his cheating and learn that he has been robbed, they force him to work on a ranch until he has paid his debt. Plot Windy, a sideshow barker, cheats a group of cowboys out of their pay, but is then robbed himself. When the cowboys discover they have been cheated, they initially decide to hang him, then decide to make him work off his debt. He falls in love with ranch owner Molly, and when he saves her life after she is bitten by a rattlesnake, he wins her heart. Cast William Haines as Windy Leila Hyams as Molly Rankin Polly Moran as Pansy Cliff Edwards as Trilby Ralph Bushman as Steve (as Francis X. Bushman Jr.) Vera Marshe as La Belle Rosa Charles Middleton as Buck Rankin Jack Pennick as Pete Buddy Roosevelt as Tex Jay Wilsey as Hank Catherine Moylan as Carnival Show Girl Production Way Out West was made on a budget of $413,000, one of the more expensive William Haines vehicles.