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Goin' South

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

1978 · PG · 1h 49m

Directed by Jack Nicholson

5.8

TMDB audience score
177 votes, out of 10

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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.

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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

  • Luana Anders
    Mrs. Anderson

  • George W. Smith
    Mr. Anderson

  • Lucy Lee Flippin
    Mrs. Haber

  • Ed Begley Jr.
    Mr. Haber

  • Maureen Byrnes
    Mrs. Warren

  • B. J. Merholz
    Mr. Warren

  • Britt Leach
    Parson Weems

  • Georgia Schmidt
    Florence