''Go West! A Lucky Luke Adventure'' (french: Tous à l'Ouest: Une Aventure de Lucky Luke) is a 2007 French

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directed by

Olivier Jean-Marie Olivier Christophe Hervé Jean-Marie (November 19, 1960 – May 13, 2021) was a French animator and director, best known for his work on ''Oggy and the Cockroaches'', ''Space Goofs'', and ''Zig & Sharko ''Zig & Sharko'' ( French: ''Zig et Sha ...

from a screenplay penned by Jean-Marie and Jean-François Henry with the kind collaboration of Anne Goscinny, who's one of the associate producers of the film and the daughter of René Goscinny. Based on the 2001–03 animated television series ''

The New Adventures of Lucky Luke ''Les Nouvelles Aventures de Lucky Luke'' (English: ''The New Adventures of Lucky Luke'') is a 2001-2003 animated television series based on the Franco-Belgian comic book series of the same name created by Belgian cartoonist Morris. 52 episodes ...

'' (which in turn is based on the Franco-Belgian comic series of the same name by

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) and loosely based on

La Caravane ''La Caravane'' is a ''Lucky Luke'' adventure written by Goscinny and illustrated by Morris. It was originally published in French by Dupuis in 1964. English editions of this French series titled ''The Wagon Train'' have been published by Darg ...

by Morris and René Goscinny, the film was produced by

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, Dargaud Média and Lucky Comics, and was released theatrically in France by

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on 5 December 2007.

Plot

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1880, the

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(Joe, Jack, William and Averell) escape from a court trial regarding the Daltons' bank salesman cousin disgracing their name and plunder several banks across New York, while

Lucky Luke ''Lucky Luke'' is a Western ''bande dessinée'' series created by Belgian cartoonist Morris in 1946. Morris wrote and drew the series single-handedly until 1955, after which he started collaborating with French writer René Goscinny. Their par ...

hunts for them. Upon placing their loot of stolen cash in an empty wagon at

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, which was in construction at the moment, and attempting to blend in with the crowd in order to avoid detection from the police, Averell unwittingly blows their cover in front of the police, resulting in a wild police chase across New York. After the chase, the Daltons head back to Central Park in order to retrieve their loot, only to find more wagons with immigrants going to

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. Lucky Luke arrives to captured the Daltons when Piotr, the leader of the immigrants from the wagon train, welcomes lucky Luke and later on exposes their problem to them: They have 80 days to go to California and to take possession of their land if not the developer, a man named Crook, having put 12 caravans in danger so that they do not arrive in California with his partner Bartleby, keeps the money paid in advance without the sale being made. With that in mind, along with Joe convincing him to help them just to stay and find the loot, Lucky Luke wants to take the safe route to California, but since the immigrants got 80 days to get there and the safe route would take about 6 months, he instead decides to take them through the unsafe route, which takes them through a small town called Hole Gutch, crossing the Deadly Desert of Death, and passing through the Indian tribe of the Crazy Wolves. Among the other immigrants headed for California include a Chinese chef couple, a teacher with unruly children named Miss Littletown, a trash-talking driver for a pack of mules that transport the Daltons and a barber among others. Along the way, Crook and Bartleby sow traps in order to prevent the caravans from going to California, but to no avail. Crook then later on tries to get the Daltons escaped but Joe refuses until he find the loot in the wagons. Later, Lucky Luke and the caravans stop at Hole Gutch, where they pick up some new immigrants who also want to go to California including

Rantanplan Rantanplan (; alternatively spelled Ran-Tan-Plan and Ran Tan Plan) is a fictional hound dog created by a Belgian cartoonist Morris and French writer René Goscinny. Originally a supporting character in the ''Lucky Luke'' series, Rantanplan lat ...

. During this, after failing another attempt on freeing the Daltons, Crook drained the water for the settlers who were thirsty in the Deadly Desert of Death. Joe tries to make the settlers have a union against Lucky Luke but Averell does a crazy rain dance by accident, all because of a cockroach was in his shoe, even told three roaches how bad it was in Averell's shoe. When they get close to California within 24 hours, Crook makes one final trick to blow up the old bridge between the canyon using a cannon from the circus, same one that he brought the gators from when trying to stop Lucky Luke near the Missouri river which failed to see the gators turned into accessories. With the next bridge being far away for 6 days to travel, Miss Littletown suggested to turn the wagons into hot air balloons and fly over the canyon. With some of the wagons now in the air, almost for the furnal wagon, the water wagon, and the Chinese chef's wagon being made of ladies' underwear, Lucky Luke and the immigrants made it to California and take possession of their land only to discover that they get the bad side of California, showing it to be an old gold mine. Realizing Crook tricked them and that he has done a dozen of settlers fail to get to California, the settlers plans to hang him high but before they do, Joe promised them some money they hid in their wagons earlier. However, Averell already found them after they picked up the other immigrants in Hole Gulch and hide the loot hidden in their

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s. This changes Joe's mind but not the settlers. The Daltons flee with their stock in an abandoned gold mine, resulting in a chase in the form of a

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ride between the settlers, Lucky Luke, Rantanplan and Crook. Finally, after all of them leave the mine, while Lucky Luke saved Miss Littletown and her students, the Daltons are defeated by Luke but Crook arrived with a stick of dynamite, demanding to give them the loot the Daltons in the balls. Suddenly, as Crook makes his escape, a mega explosion was caused by the dynamite now fetched by Rantanplan, destroying the loot the Daltons stole and allows the settlers to discover gold under the sold lands. The film ends with the Daltons, Crook and Bartleby being tied up and sent to justice by Lucky Luke into the sunset.

Voice cast

French

Lambert Wilson Lambert Wilson (born 3 August 1958) is a French actor, singer and activist. He is best known internationally for his portrayal of The Merovingian in ''The Matrix Reloaded'', ''The Matrix Revolutions'' and ''The Matrix Resurrections''. Biograph ...

* Clovis Cornillac as Joe Dalton *

Alexis Tomassian Alexis Tomassian (sometimes credited as Alexis Thomassian, born 13 July 1979) is a French actor who specializes in dubbing. Biography Filmography Television animation *'' All Grown Up!'' (Tommy Pickles) *'' American Dragon: Jake Long'' (Jake L ...

as William Dalton * Christophe Lemoine as Jack Dalton *

Bernard Alane Bernard Alane (born Bernard Noël Vetel 25 December 1948) is a French actor and singer, he is the son of actress Annick Alane. He is best known in France for his roles in two films directed by Edouard Molinaro, ''Hibernatus'' and ''Mon oncle Ben ...

as Averell Dalton *

François Morel François Morel (14 March 1926 – 14 January 2018) was a Canadian composer, pianist, conductor, and music educator. An associate of the Canadian Music Centre, he was made a Knight of the National Order of Quebec in 1994 and was awarded t ...

Edgar Givry Edgar Givry (born 9 August 1953) is a French actor. He appeared in more than seventy films since 1974. He is also the official French dub of ''John Malkovich'' and ''Kermit the Frog Kermit the Frog is a Muppet character created and original ...

as Edgar Crook *

Michael Lonsdale Michael Edward Lonsdale-Crouch (24 May 1931 – 21 September 2020), commonly known as Michael Lonsdale and sometimes named as Michel Lonsdale, was a French actor and author who appeared in over 180 films and television shows. He is best know ...

as Harold Bartleby * as Piotr/Monsieur Tang *

Dee Dee Bridgewater Dee Dee Bridgewater (née Denise Garrett, May 27, 1950) is an American jazz singer and actress. She is a three-time Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter, as well as a Tony Award-winning stage actress. For 23 years, she was the host of National ...

as Molly *

Jean Piat Jean Piat (23 September 1924 – 18 September 2018) was a French actor and writer. Life Piat was born in Lannoy, Nord. He enlisted in the Comédie-Française on 1 September 1947, and became a member on 1 January 1953. He left the Comédie-Fran ...

as Spike Goodfellow/Le Croque-Mort * Titoff as Monsieur Pierre * Dorothée Pousséo as Miss Littletown/L'Institutrice * François Seiner as Ugly Barrow * as Louise/La Jument * as Jolly Jumper *

Jacques Frantz Jacques Frantz (4 April 1947 – 17 March 2021) was a French actor. Nominated for the Molière Award, he was renowned for his theatre work, and his voice, which he lent to many actors, such as Robert De Niro, Mel Gibson, John Goodman, and Nick N ...

as Loup Cinglé * Pierre Baton as Old Timer * Yves-Robert Viala as Le Policier à New-York * Jacques Obadia as Le Directeur du cirque * Marc Alfos as Le Costaud du Saloon * as L'Avocat de L'accusation * Julien Chatelet as Morris/Goscinny/Un Pionnier * as Barman/Shérif * Jean-Marc Pannetier as Le Cissier de la Banque * Luc Boulad as Vrai Faucon * Sylvain Corthay as Le Juge

Québec

Stéphane Rousseau Stéphane Rousseau (; born September 17, 1966) is a Canadian actor and comedian. He starred in the Academy Award-winning film ''The Barbarian Invasions''. He has also been in ''Asterix at the Olympic Games'' (2008). His latest movies is ...

as Lucky Luke *

André Ducharme André Ducharme (born 23 July 1961) is a Canadian author, comedian, and humorist from Quebec. He was a member of the musical comedy group Rock et Belles Oreilles Rock et Belles Oreilles (RBO) was a Canadian radio, television and stage comedy ...

as Joe Dalton/Jolly Jumper *

Éveline Gélinas Éveline Gélinas is a French-speaking Canadian actress who grew up in Saint-Boniface, Quebec, near Shawinigan. She was born in 1974 and graduated from Séminaire Sainte-Marie in 1991. She was nominated for a Genie Award for Best Supporting A ...

as Miss Littletown * as Louise * as Monsieur Pierre * Yves Pelletier as Jack Dalton/Piotr/Rantanplan/Monsieur Tang *

Bruno Landry Bruno Landry is a Québécois comedian A comedian or comic is a person who seeks to entertain an audience by making them laugh. This might be through jokes or amusing situations, or acting foolish (as in slapstick), or employing prop co ...

as Averell Dalton/Barrow/Loup Cinglé * Guy A. Lepage as William Dalton/Crook * as Bartleby

English

* Marcel Jeannin as Lucky Luke/Rantanplan *

Mark Camacho Mark Camacho (born April 12, 1964) is a Canadian film, television and voice actor. Career He has starred in live-action films, but is best known for his voice acting roles, such as Oliver Frensky in ''Arthur'', Lyle in '' Animal Crackers'', Dad ...

as Jolly Jumper * TBA as Jack Dalton/Willam Dalton/Joe Dalton

Video game

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based on the film was developed by

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and published by

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in 2007 for the

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and

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References

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