Movie Info
Nicholson directed and starred in this Western spoof about an outlaw who is saved from hanging by a young widow (Mary Steenburgen) who puts him to wor...(read more...)
k as an indentured servant. She has a gold mine that no one knows about and she wants him to help her get the gold before anyone else finds out. But, of course, his old gang--who gave him up to the law in the first place--finds out about the mine and wants a piece of it. This was filmed in the late 1970s, when drug use was rampant (and not particularly frowned upon) in Hollywood; keep that in mind when you listen to Nicholson's stuffy-nose delivery. Alternately amusing and flat, with a cast that includes Steenburgen in her first movie role and John Belushi in a tiny part as a member of the gang, also making his film debut. --Marshall Fine
Director:
Jack Nicholson
MPAA: PG
Running Time: 109 min.
Release Date: Oct 02, 1978
Cast:
Christopher Lloyd,
Danny DeVito,
Ed Begley Jr,
Jack Nicholson,
John Belushi,
Lin Shaye,
Mary Steenburgen,
Richard Bradford,
Tracey Walter,
Veronica Cartwright,
Veronika Cartwright
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