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About
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.
Theatrical
Oct 6, 1978
Box Office
$7.4M
DVD / Blu-ray
Jun 4, 2002
Theaters
4
Director
Writers
Producers
Music
Studio
Paramount Pictures
Quotes
See all →Life's New Beginnings for Henry Moon
Taglines
For Henry Moon, life was just beginning.
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Saved from death, facing a grim fate
Taglines
Saved from the hangman, for a fate worse than death!
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Cast
Full credits →J
Jack Nicholson
Henry Moon
M
Mary Steenburgen
Julia Tate
C
Christopher Lloyd
Towfield
J
John Belushi
Hector
V
Veronica Cartwright
Hermine
R
Richard Bradford
Sheriff Kyle
J
Jeff Morris
Big Abe
D
Danny DeVito
Hog
T
Tracey Walter
Coogan
L
Luana Anders
Mrs. Anderson
L
Lucy Lee Flippin
Mrs. Haber
E
Ed Begley Jr.
Mr. Haber
M
Maureen Byrnes
Mrs. Warren
B
B. J. Merholz
Mr. Warren
B
Britt Leach
Parson Weems
G
Georgia Schmidt
Florence
B
Barbara Ann Grimes
Spinster I
A
Anne Ramsey
Spinster II
L
Lin Shaye
Parasol Lady
D
Don McGovern
Bartender
