Goin' South

Goin' South

109 mins | Comedy, Western | Oct. 6, 1978

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.

Goin' South

109 mins | Comedy, Western | Oct. 6, 1978

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.
IMDb rating 6.2
Producers Paramount
Original title Goin' South
Directors Jack Nicholson
Writers Alan Mandell, Charles Shyer, Al Ramrus, John Herman Shaner

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

Luana Anders

as Mrs. Anderson

George W. Smith

as Mr. Anderson

Lucy Lee Flippin

as Mrs. Haber

Ed Begley Jr.

as Mr. Haber

Maureen Byrnes

as Mrs. Warren

B. J. Merholz

as Mr. Warren

Britt Leach

as Parson Weems

Georgia Schmidt

as Florence

Barbara Ann Grimes

as Spinster I

Anne Ramsey

as Spinster II

Marsha Ferri

as Spinster III

Lin Shaye

as Parasol Lady

Don McGovern

as Bartender

Dennis Fimple

as Hangman

Annie Marshall

as Painted Lady

Anita Terrian

as Painted Lady

Robert Wilson

as Drunk

Carlton Risdon

as Stage Driver

Nancy Coan Kaclik

as Mrs. Standard

R. L. Armstrong

as Farmer Standard