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
