- Goin' South
Infobox_Film
name = Goin' South
caption = original film poster
director =Jack Nicholson
producer = Harry Gittes Harold Schneider
writer = John Herman Shaner Al Ramrus Charles Shyer Alan Mandel
starring =Jack Nicholson Mary Steenburgen Christopher Lloyd John Belushi
distributor =Paramount Pictures
released = start date|1978|10|2 (USA)
runtime = 105 min. / USA:109 min. (DVD version)
language = English
budget =
imdb_id = 0077621Goin' South is an American western-
comedy film , directed by and starringJack Nicholson . The 1978 film also starredMary Steenburgen in her movie debut and includedChristopher Lloyd ,John Belushi (movie debut), Richard Bradford,Veronica Cartwright ,Danny DeVito andEd Begley Jr .Plot outline
Henry Moon (Nicholson), a third-rate
outlaw in the late 1860s, is a bank-robber, horse thief and cattle thief who is due to behanged in Longhorn,Texas to the great glee of the local populace and especially of the deputy sheriff. Moon comes under especially close scrutiny from some women in the town, which turns out to be because of a local ordinance, dating back to Civil War days, that allowed a condemned man to be saved from the gallows if an unmarried lady would agree to marry him and be responsible for his good behaviour.Moon is saved from hanging by the intervention of a lovely young woman who agrees to marry and take charge of him. Julia Tate (Steenburgen), the headstrong but genteel Southern
virgin who weds Moon, initially only wants him to help her work thegold mine she insists is on her property; but their shaky partnership soon evolves into much more.The film was not well-received by critics or moviegoers.
The film was co-written by John Herman Shaner and produced by Harry Gittes, both longtime friends of Jack from his early days in Hollywood.
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