Beyond the Law
(1918) United States of America
B&W : Six reels / 6534 feet
Directed by Theodore Marston
Cast: Emmett Dalton [himself; Bob Dalton; and Frank Dalton], Virginia Lee [Ruth Lane], Harris Gordon [Emmett Dalton, as a young man], Ida Pardee [Mother Dalton], William Dunn [Grat Dalton], Mabel Bordine [Eugenia Moore], Jack O’Loughlin [William McElhanie], Dick Clark [Charles Bryant]
The Southern Feature Film Corporation production; distributed on State Rights basis by The Southern Feature Film Corporation. / Scenario by William Addison Lathrop, from the novel Beyond the Law by Emmett Dalton. Production supervised by Emmett Dalton. Cinematography by Robert A. Olsson. / © 25 November 1918 by Emmett Dalton [LP13080]. [?] World premiere? 5 March 1918 at the Ideal Theatre in Gastonia, North Carolina. Premiered by 6 April 1918 in New York, New York. General release, 26 November 1918. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Dalton portrays himself in the story of his life as an outlaw. Location photography was taken at the Bat Cave, North Carolina, at Chimney Rock, North Carolina, and at Pawnee Bill’s Ranch in Pawnee, Oklahoma.
Drama: Biographical: Western.
Survival status: The film is presumed lost.
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 1 December 2018.
References: Slide-Aspects p. 133 : Website-AFI : with additional information provided by Frank Thompson.
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