Product Review

Goin' South (DVD)

Sentenced to hang in a backwater western town, horse thief Henry Moon (J ack Nicholson) is saved when frontierswoman Julia Tate (Mary Steenburge n) agrees to marry him. Taking advantage of the town law that prohibits the execution of married men, Moon follows Tate b ack to her ranch, plan ning all the while to escape at the first possible opportunity. But Tate insists that he honor his end of the bargain at work on the ranch. She has no intention of consummating the union, a fact that drives the hot-t o-trot Moon up a wall. She puts him to work on the gold mine that she h as on her property, while his old gang prepares to relieve the couple of their gold onc e it's on the surface. Jack Nicholson personally selecte d movie newcomer Mary Steenburgen for Goin' South. The film also feature s Jo hn Belushi in the role of a dyspeptic deputy.