Beyond Justice

"Desert Law" redirects here. For the 1918 film, see Desert Law (1918 film).

Beyond Justice
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Directed by	Duccio Tessari
Screenplay by	Adriano Bolzoni Sergio Donati Luigi Montefiori
Produced by	Pio Angeletti Adriano De Micheli Guido Lombardo
Starring	Rutger Hauer Carol Alt Omar Sharif Elliott Gould Brett Halsey
Cinematography	Giorgio Di Battista
Edited by	Mario Morra
Music by	Ennio Morricone
Production company	Titanus Films
Distributed by	Trimark Pictures
Release date	1991 (1991)
Running time	113 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	English

Beyond Justice, also known as Desert Law, Law of the Desert and Maktub, Law of the Desert, is a 1991 Italian-American action-thriller film directed by Duccio Tessari that was shot in Morocco. The film was edited from the three-part, 300-minute 1989 Italian Canale 5 television miniseries Il principe del deserto.

Plot

When the estranged Moroccan husband (Kabir Bedi) of wealthy corporate head Christine Sanders (Carol Alt) takes their son Robert to Morocco, she hires two operatives (Rutger Hauer and Peter Sands) who specialize in rescuing hostages from terrorists to bring her son back. Robert is brought to his grandfather (Omar Sharif) who wishes the boy to succeed him as the ruler of his tribe.

Cast

• Rutger Hauer as Tom Burton
• Carol Alt as Christine Sanders
• Omar Sharif as Emir Beni-Zair
• Elliott Gould as Red Merchantson
• Kabir Bedi as Moulet Beni-Zair
• Stewart Bick as Daniel
• David Flosi as Robert Sanders
• Brett Halsey as Sal Cuomo
• Peter Sands as James Ross
• Christopher Ahrens as Bodyguard
• Larry Dolgin as Duncan
• D.R. Nanayakkara as El-Mahadi
• David Thompson as Headmaster Bligh

External links

• Beyond Justice at IMDb
• Beyond Justice at Rotten Tomatoes