Overview

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.

Cast

Jack Nicholson

Henry Moon

Mary Steenburgen

Julia Tate

Christopher Lloyd

Towfield

John Belushi

Hector

Veronica Cartwright

Hermine

Richard Bradford

Sheriff Kyle

Jeff Morris

Big Abe