Goin' South

– Henry Moon is captured for a capital offense by a posse when his horse quits while trying to escape ..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
6.30 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 45 Minutes
Release Year:
1978
Goin' South (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.

Story Timeline:
Producing Country:
USA
Filming Locations:

Goin' South (1978) - Trailer

Release Date:

06 Oct 1978

Language:

English

MPAA Content-Rating:
PG – Parental Guidance Suggested

Some material may not be suitable for children. Parents urged to give "parental guidance". May contain some material parents might not like for their young children.

Director:

Jack Nicholson

Writer:

John Herman Shaner (story), Al Ramrus (story), John Herman Shaner (screenplay), Al Ramrus (screenplay), Charles Shyer (screenplay), Alan Mandel (screenplay)

Main Actors:

Jack Nicholson, Mary Steenburgen, Christopher Lloyd, John Belushi

Plot:

Texas, shortly after the Civil War. Henry Moon is an outlaw, on the run from the law. He is captured trying to escape to Mexico and taken back to town to be hanged. The town has a special law that a condemned man can walk free if one of the single women of the town offer to marry him. Henry is in luck - at the last moment Julia Tate offers to marry him, and pretty soon they are married. However, Henry soon discovers that Julia's motives are purely business-orientated - she needs someone to work the mine on her property. This makes for a very cold marriage.

Production:

Paramount Home Video

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
6.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
71%
Metacritic:
52%