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Beyond the Law

When Deputy US Marshal Frank Dalton is killed in the line of duty, his brothers Bob and Grat are appointed to replace him. However, when they discover corruption in the higher echelons of the Marshals Service, they resign in disgust. Grat is cheated by a crooked gambler and takes back his money at gunpoint, but that winds up getting them labeled as robbers. Grat is wrongly accused of train robbery and imprisoned. When he breaks out of prison he and his brother decide to take their revenge by actually robbing the express company that falsely accused him in the first place.

Top Cast

  • Emmett Dalton

    Emmett Dalton

    Self / Bob Dalton / Frank Dalton

  • Harris Gordon

    Harris Gordon

    Young Emmett Dalton

  • Ida Pardee

    Ida Pardee

    Mother Dalton

  • William R. Dunn

    William R. Dunn

    Grat Dalton

  • Mabel Bardine

    Mabel Bardine

    Eugenia Moore

  • Jack O'Loughlin

    Jack O'Loughlin

    William McElhanie

  • Dick Clark

    Dick Clark

    Charles Bryant

  • Virginia Lee

    Virginia Lee

    Ruth Lane

Overview

When Deputy US Marshal Frank Dalton is killed in the line of duty, his brothers Bob and Grat are appointed to replace him. However, when they discover corruption in the higher echelons of the Marshals Service, they resign in disgust. Grat is cheated by a crooked gambler and takes back his money at gunpoint, but that winds up getting them labeled as robbers. Grat is wrongly accused of train robbery and imprisoned. When he breaks out of prison he and his brother decide to take their revenge by actually robbing the express company that falsely accused him in the first place.

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