Goin' South
In 1868 Longhorn Texas, a convicted outlaw had two choices: get hung, or get married.
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.
- Genre: Comedy, Western
- Studio: Paramount Pictures
- Keyword: small town, texas, anti hero, dark comedy, gold rush, gold mine, marriage of convenience, outlaw, battle of the sexes, 1860s, post american civil war
- Cast: Jack Nicholson, Mary Steenburgen, Christopher Lloyd, John Belushi, Veronica Cartwright, Richard Bradford