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Goin' South
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Overview

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Director:
Jack Nicholson
Writers:
John Herman Shaner (story) &
Al Ramrus (story) ...
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Release Date:
6 October 1978 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Western more
Tagline:
Saved from the hangman, for a fate worse than death! more
Plot:
Henry Moon is captured for a capital offense by a posse when his horse quits while trying to escape to Mexico... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for Golden Globe. more
User Comments:
One of my favorites! more (30 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Jack Nicholson ... Henry Lloyd Moon

Mary Steenburgen ... Julia Tate / Moon

Christopher Lloyd ... Deputy Towfield
John Belushi ... Deputy Hector
Richard Bradford ... Sheriff Andrew Kyle

Veronica Cartwright ... Hermine, Moon's Old Gang
Jeff Morris ... Big Abe, Moon's Old Gang

Danny DeVito ... Hog, Moon's Old Gang

Tracey Walter ... Coogan, Moon's Old Gang
Gerald H. Reynolds ... Polty, Rail Road Manager
Luana Anders ... Lorette Anderson
George W. Smith ... Mr. Anderson
Lucy Lee Flippin ... Diane Haber

Ed Begley Jr. ... Whitey Haber
Maureen Byrnes ... Mrs. Warren
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Additional Details

Runtime:
105 min | USA:109 min (DVD version)
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Metrocolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Mono)
Filming Locations:
Durango, Mexico

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The studio originally intended for Elliott Gould and Candice Bergen to star in the film, with Mike Nichols directing. more
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: After the ladies had their chat in the kitchen, a whistle tells that the water is boiling. The kettle shown in close up is a plain water kettle and has no whistle. more
Quotes:
Deputy Towfield: [of Moon's marriage] It's bad, huh?
Henry Moon: Like eggs rolled in sand.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in The 53rd Annual Academy Awards (1981) (TV) more
Soundtrack:
Available Space more

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4 out of 6 people found the following comment useful.
One of my favorites!, 8 June 1999
10/10
Author: Tommy Phillips from Bridgeport, WV

I have always loved this movie, me and my family first saw it together when I was 5 years old. I loved it then but didn't understand it. Now I'm 18. This movie is directed by Jack Nicholson, he puts together a very good cast including John Belushi, Christopher Loyd, Danny Devito, and Mary Steenburgen in her first movie. He plays a wonderful,funny part in this movie as an outlaw that is saved from the gallows from a very pretty woman named Julia, she and him don't get along at first, they have nothing in common then they learn how to get along by a strange coincidence. One of my top five Jack Nicholson films one for the family and everyone!

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