Beyond the Law
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Mailer’s belief that we’re all capable of being either police or criminals was the impetus for his second feature, which takes place over the course of one feverish night in a Manhattan police precinct and neighboring bar. The texture of the black-and-white stock and the intense depiction of the police lineup process lend the film a rugged, journalistic feel. In addition to Mailer, who cast himself as tough-guy Irish cop Francis Xavier Pope, Beyond the Law features Rip Torn and George Plimpton.
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Cast
- Rip Torn
- Popcorn
- George Plimpton
- Mayor
- Norman Mailer
- Lieutenant Francis Xavier Pope
- Mickey Knox
- Mickey Berk
- Buzz Farbar
- Rocco Gibraltar
- Beverly Bentley
- Mary Pope
- Mara Lynn
- Ilse Fuchs
- Lee Roscoe
- Lee Ray Rogers
- Marcia Mason
- Marcia Stillwell
- Mary Wilson Price
- Judy Grundy
- Noel Parmentel
- Assistant DA
- Jack Richardson
- Jack Scott
- Harold Conrad
- Perry Fuchs
- Edward Bonnetti
- Wife killer
- Peter Rosoff
- Subway arrestee
- John Maloon
- John Francis
Credits
- Director
- Norman Mailer
- Produced by
- Buzz Farbar
- Produced by
- Norman Mailer
- From a story by
- Norman Mailer
- Cinematography
- D. A. Pennebaker
- Cinematography
- Proferes Nicholas T.
- Cinematography
- Jan Welt
- Editing
- Norman Mailer
- Editing
- Jan Welt
- Editing
- Lana Jokel
- Music
- Frank Conroy
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