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Beyond the Law

Directed by Norman Mailer.
With Norman Mailer, Rip Torn, George Plimpton.
US, 1968, digital video, black & white, 90 min.
Copy source: Pennebaker Hegedus Films

A night at a Manhattan police station provides the context for Mailer’s second feature in which he plays a morally corrupt Irish cop. Featuring appearances by George Plimpton as the Mayor and Rip Torn as a freewheeling biker, this police procedural was constructed using three camera crews which simultaneously recorded the frenzied scenes of interrogation.

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