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.

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

Reviews

John Chard

Your wife will have to do that. Us ordinance husbands aren't allowed to. Going' South is directed by Jack Nicholson who also stars. It's co- written by John Herman Schneider, Al Ramrus, Charles Shyer and Alan Mandel. Co-starring with Nicholson is Mary Steenburgen and Christopher Lloyd. Music is b...

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