Jack Nicholson directs and stars in this peculiar comedic Western as Henry Lloyd Moon, a n'er-do-well drifter caught by a posse while trying to escape to Mexico, who is then forced to marry a widow (Mary Steenburgen) to save himself from the hangman's noose. Henry and his indifferent bride attempt to find some common ground while working her gold mining claim while his old gang plots to steal the riches. John Belushi co-stars.