Goin' South
Goin' South is an American western-comedy film, directed by and starring Jack Nicholson. The 1978 film also starred Mary Steenburgen in her movie debut and included Christopher Lloyd, John Belushi (movie debut), Veronica Cartwright, Danny DeVito and Ed Begley Jr ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
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~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Henry Moon, a third-rate outlaw in the 1860s, is a bank-robbery, horse thief and cattle thief, who is due to be hanged 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 alowed 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. But Moon is saved from hanging by the intervention of a lovely young woman who agrees to marry and take charge of him. Julia Tate, the headstrong but genteel Southern virgin who weds Moon only to help her work the gold mine she insists is on her property, while Moon and Julia become lovers later on.
American: :This page disambiguates the many uses of American. For an article about those various uses, please see Use of the word American.... Western: The word western is an adjective used to refer to things that are in the West. It also has a number of more specific meanings:... Comedy: Comedy is the use of humor in the performing arts. It also means a performance that relies heavily on humor. The term originally comes from theater, where it simply referred to a play with a happy ending, in contrast to a tragedy. The humor, once an incidental device used to entertain, is now an ess... Goin' South related Images and Photos (experimental)
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