Goin' South (1978)

Name: Goin' South
Director: Jack Nicholson
Genre: Comedy, Western, Romance
Released: 1978-10-06
Rating: 5.8
Cast: Jack Nicholson, Mary Steenburgen, Christopher Lloyd, John Belushi, Veronica Cartwright

In 1868 Longhorn Texas, a convicted outlaw had two choices: get hung, or get married.

6 October 1978 · 1h 49mComedyWesternRomance

★ 5.8 / 10 · 177 votes on TMDB

Directed by Jack Nicholson

What it's about

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.