Buddy Goes West (Occhio alla penna)

Buddy Goes West, known in Italian as Occhio alla penna, is a 1981 spaghetti western comedy directed by Michele Lupo. It is usually described as an Italian-German co-production; the screenplay is by Sergio Donati and the running time is about 88 minutes. Bud Spencer, known for films that mix comedy with the western, takes the lead. It is also known in English as A Fist Goes West.

Alongside Spencer, the cast includes Joe Bugner, Riccardo Pizzuti, Renato Scarpa and Giovanni Cianfriglia, as well as Hamidou Benmassoud, Carlo Reali, Sara Franchetti, Ottaviano Dell'Acqua, Roberto Dell'Acqua, Benito Pacifico, Bruno Di Luia, Lina Franchi and Tom Felleghy.

The film was shot in 1980 and opened in West Germany on 14 May 1981. It travelled under different titles in different countries: Eine Faust geht nach Westen in Germany, On m'appelle Malabar in France, Dos granujas en el Oeste in Spain and Atenție la pana de vultur in Romania.