Goin' South is a gritty Western with plenty of spunk.
Goin' South (1978)
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Reviews Counted:10
Fresh:9
Rotten:1
Average Rating:6.6/10
Runtime: 1 hr 49 mins
Genre: Westerns
Synopsis: Jack Nicholson directs and stars as a downtrodden outlaw who finds a loophole that lets him evade the gallows by slipping a wedding ring on a lonely spinster (Mary Steenburgen). Not much for the... Jack Nicholson directs and stars as a downtrodden outlaw who finds a loophole that lets him evade the gallows by slipping a wedding ring on a lonely spinster (Mary Steenburgen). Not much for the married life, he is then forced to work on her gold mine as he dreams of escaping to Mexico. This bawdy western comedy marked the screen debut of Steenburgen and features John Belushi and Christopher Lloyd in hilarious supporting turns as corrupt deputies. [More]
Starring: Jack Nicholson, Mary Steenburgen, Christopher Lloyd, John Belushi
Starring: Jack Nicholson, Mary Steenburgen, Christopher Lloyd, John Belushi, Danny DeVito, Richard Bradford, Veronica Cartwright, Jeff Morris, Tracey Walter, Ed Begley
Director: Jack Nicholson
Director: Jack Nicholson
Screenwriter: John Herman Shaner, Al Ramrus, Charles Shyer, Alan Mandel
Producer: Harry Gittes, Harold Schneider
Composer: Perry Jr. Botkin, Van Dyke Parks
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Reviews for Goin' South
With the Nicholson signature, it keeps on rolling, at least for the first hour and change before the story moves in the wrong direction.
Nicholson does a markedly better job with the material than anyone could have expected.
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