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.
Genres
Comedy, Western, Romance
Studio
Paramount Pictures
Language
en
Status
Released
How Goin' South performed
Budget
N/A
Worldwide Gross
$7.4M
Gross Profit
N/A
Return
N/A
Opening Wknd (est.)
$1M
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~45/55, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (32% of the domestic run, typical for Comedy) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
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Cast
Henry Moon
Jack Nicholson
Henry Moon
Julia Tate
Mary Steenburgen
Julia Tate
Towfield
Christopher Lloyd
Towfield
Hector
John Belushi
Hector
Hermine
Veronica Cartwright
Hermine
Sheriff Kyle
Richard Bradford
Sheriff Kyle
Big Abe
Jeff Morris
Big Abe
Hog
Danny DeVito
Hog
Coogan
Tracey Walter
Coogan
Polty
Gerald H. Reynolds
Polty
Mrs. Anderson
Luana Anders
Mrs. Anderson
Mr. Anderson
George W. Smith
Mr. Anderson
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