Goin' South (1978)

Name: Goin' South
Director: Jack Nicholson
Released: 1978-10-06
Rating: 5.8
Cast: Jack Nicholson, Mary Steenburgen, Christopher Lloyd, John Belushi, Veronica Cartwright

ComedyWesternRomance

109 min

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

Plot Summary

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.