Goin' South (1978)
Director
Jack Nicholson
Main cast
Jack Nicholson; Mary Steenburgen; Christopher Lloyd; John Belushi; Veronica Cartwright
Genres
Comedy, Western
Description
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.
Jack Nicholson
Main cast
Jack Nicholson; Mary Steenburgen; Christopher Lloyd; John Belushi; Veronica Cartwright
Genres
Comedy, Western
Description
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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