Goin' South

Goin' South (1978) starring Jack Nicholson, Mary Steenburgen, Christopher Lloyd, John Belushi, Veronica Cartwright. Directed by Jack Nicholson. Western comedy in which Nicholson plays an outlaw who escapes the hangman's noose by marrying Steenburgen, a spinster (it's a local law). This was Steenburgen's first film, and she's great to watch. Also Belushi's screen debut. Unfortunately, this movie has one of the dumbest scripts I've ever seen, with many improbable events and things happening that are later forgotten. Some people like this movie, but I found it really stupid. (It does offer English subtitles for the hearing-impaired.) Grade: C-