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Goin' South
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.
1978 · Directed by Jack Nicholson · 109 min · Comedy · Western · Romance · 10 frames
Tagline
In 1868 Longhorn Texas, a convicted outlaw had two choices: get hung, or get married.
Crew
- Screenplay: John Herman Shaner, Al Ramrus, Charles Shyer, Alan Mandell
- Cinematography: Néstor Almendros
- Edited by: John Fitzgerald Beck, Richard Chew
- Music: Perry Botkin Jr., Van Dyke Parks
- Production design: Toby Carr Rafelson
- Produced by: Harry Gittes, Harold Schneider
Cast
- Jack Nicholson as Henry Moon
- Mary Steenburgen as Julia Tate
- Christopher Lloyd as Towfield
- John Belushi as Hector
- Veronica Cartwright as Hermine
- Richard Bradford as Sheriff Kyle
- Jeff Morris as Big Abe
- Danny DeVito as Hog
- Tracey Walter as Coogan
- Gerald H. Reynolds as Polty
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: Paramount Pictures
- Box office: $7,435,671
- Themes: small town, texas, anti hero, dark comedy, gold rush, gold mine, marriage of convenience, outlaw, battle of the sexes, 1860s
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