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Goin' South

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

1978 · 1h 49m · PG Comedy, Romance, Western
Directed by Jack Nicholson

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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.

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Jack Nicholson playing Gabby Hayes is interesting, even amusing at times, but Hayes was never a leading man, which Goin' South desperately needs.

Variety Staff, Variety
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Nicholson's second film as director, a wonderfully beguiling Western...

Time Out

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