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Jack Nicholson playing Gabby Hayes is interesting, even amusing at times, but Hayes was never a leading man, which Goin' South desperately needs.
Variety Staff, Variety
Goin' South
In 1868 Longhorn Texas, a convicted outlaw had two choices: get hung, or get married.
1978 · 1h 49m · PG
Comedy, Romance, Western
Directed by
Jack Nicholson
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Goin' South
Overview
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.
Director and cast
- Jack Nicholson Director
- 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 Cast
- Jeff Morris Cast
- Danny DeVito Cast
- Tracey Walter Cast
- Luana Anders Cast
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Tomatometer
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Nicholson's second film as director, a wonderfully beguiling Western...
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