Pennebaker on Mailer: Wild 90 and Beyond the Law
October 15, 2012
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.
| Popcorn | Rip Torn |
| Mayor | George Plimpton |
| Lieutenant Francis Xavier Pope | Norman Mailer |
| Mickey Berk | Mickey Knox |
| Rocco Gibraltar | Buzz Farbar |
| Mary Pope | Beverly Bentley |
| Ilse Fuchs | Mara Lynn |
| Marcia Stillwell | Marcia Mason |
| Judy Grundy | Mary Wilson Price |
| Assistant DA | Noel Parmentel |
| Jack Scott | Jack Richardson |
| Perry Fuchs | Harold Conrad |
| Wife killer | Edward Bonnetti |
| Subway arrestee | Peter Rosoff |
| John Francis | John Maloon |
| Director | Norman Mailer |
| Produced by | Buzz Farbar and Norman Mailer |
| From a story by | Norman Mailer |
| Cinematography | D. A. Pennebaker, Nicholas Proferes and Jan Welt |
| Editing | Norman Mailer, Jan Welt and Lana Jokel |
| Music | Frank Conroy |
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