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 Al Ramrus, John Herman Shaner, Charles Shyer, Alan Mandell

Cast

Jack Nicholson

as Henry Lloyd Moon

Mary Steenburgen

as Julia Tate / Moon

Christopher Lloyd

as Deputy Towfield

John Belushi

as Deputy Hector

Veronica Cartwright

as Hermine, Moon's Old Gang

Richard Bradford

as Sheriff Andrew Kyle

Jeff Morris

as Big Abe, Moon's Old Gang

Danny DeVito

as Hog, Moon's Old Gang

Tracey Walter

as Coogan, Moon's Old Gang

Luana Anders

as Lorette Anderson

Lucy Lee Flippin

as Diane Haber

Ed Begley Jr.

as Whitey Haber

Anne Ramsey

as Spinster #2

Lin Shaye

as Parasol Lady

Dennis Fimple

as Hangman

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 #1 (as Barbara Ann Walters)

Marsha Ferri

as Spinster #3

Don McGovern

as Norvell the Bartender

Annie Marshall

as Painted Lady (as Anne T. Marshall)

Anita Terrian

as Painted Lady

Robert Wilson

as Drunk

Carlton Risdon

as Cotton the Stage Driver

Nancy Coan Kaclik

as Miriam Standard

R. L. Armstrong

as Farmer Standard