Goin' South poster

Goin' South

19781h 49mComedy · Western · Romance
directed by Jack Nicholson

“In 1868 Longhorn Texas, a convicted outlaw had two choices: get hung, or get married.”

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Synopsis

Henry Moon is captured for a capital offense by a posse when his horse quits while trying to escape to Mexico. He finds that there is a post-Civil War law in the small town that any single or widowed woman can save him from the gallows by marrying him.

Cast

Jack Nicholson·Henry Moon
Mary Steenburgen·Julia Tate
Christopher Lloyd·Towfield
John Belushi·Hector
Veronica Cartwright·Hermine
Richard Bradford·Sheriff Kyle
Jeff Morris·Big Abe
Danny DeVito·Hog
Tracey Walter·Coogan
Gerald H. Reynolds·Polty