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Goin' South

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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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Jake Euker
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F5 (Wichita, KS)

Jack Nicholson is hilarious in this underrated comedy Western.

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Chuck O'Leary
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Fantastica Daily

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07/16/05
Emanuel Levy
Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com

Nicholson does a markedly better job with the material than anyone could have expected.

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04/03/05
Scott Weinberg
Scott Weinberg
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09/02/04
Lori Hoffman
Lori Hoffman
Atlantic City Weekly

Goin' South is a gritty Western with plenty of spunk.

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Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Spirituality and Practice

An enjoyable off-beat Western.

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12/27/03
Dennis Schwartz
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John Esther
John Esther
Pasadena Weekly

With the Nicholson signature, it keeps on rolling, at least for the first hour and change before the story moves in the wrong direction.

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