
109 minutes
10/6/1978
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.

Jack Nicholson
as Henry Moon

Mary Steenburgen
as Julia Tate

Christopher Lloyd
as Towfield

John Belushi
as Hector

Veronica Cartwright
as Hermine

Richard Bradford
as Sheriff Kyle

Jeff Morris
as Big Abe

Danny DeVito
as Hog

Tracey Walter
as Coogan
Gerald H. Reynolds
as Polty

Luana Anders
as Mrs. Anderson
George W. Smith
as Mr. Anderson

Lucy Lee Flippin
as Mrs. Haber

Ed Begley Jr.
as Mr. Haber
Maureen Byrnes
as Mrs. Warren
B. J. Merholz
as Mr. Warren

Britt Leach
as Parson Weems
Georgia Schmidt
as Florence
Barbara Ann Grimes
as Spinster I

Anne Ramsey
as Spinster II
Marsha Ferri
as Spinster III

Lin Shaye
as Parasol Lady

Don McGovern
as Bartender

Dennis Fimple
as Hangman
Annie Marshall
as Painted Lady
Anita Terrian
as Painted Lady
Robert Wilson
as Drunk
Carlton Risdon
as Stage Driver
Nancy Coan Kaclik
as Mrs. Standard
R. L. Armstrong
as Farmer Standard