Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb6.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes69%
Metacritic52/100
176 audience votes
Key crew
- Charles ShyerScreenplay
- Jack NicholsonDirector
- Al RamrusScreenplay
- John Herman ShanerScreenplay
- Alan MandellScreenplay
- Van Dyke ParksOriginal Music Composer
- Perry Botkin Jr.Original Music Composer
Cast
- Jack NicholsonHenry Moon
- Mary SteenburgenJulia Tate
- Christopher LloydTowfield
- John BelushiHector
- Veronica CartwrightHermine
- Richard BradfordSheriff Kyle
- Jeff MorrisBig Abe
- Danny DeVitoHog
- Tracey WalterCoogan
- Gerald H. ReynoldsPolty
- Luana AndersMrs. Anderson
- George W. SmithMr. Anderson
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Themes
small towntexasanti herodark comedygold rushgold minemarriage of convenienceoutlawbattle of the sexes1860spost american civil war