Beyond the Law is the American release title of Al di là della legge, a 1968 Spaghetti Western

Spaghetti Western

Spaghetti Western, also known as Italo-Western, is a nickname for a broad sub-genre of Western films that emerged in the mid-1960s in the wake of Sergio Leone's unique and much copied film-making style and international box-office success, so named by American critics because most were produced and...

 feature film

Feature film

In the film industry, a feature film is a film production made for initial distribution in theaters and being the main attraction of the screening, rather than a short film screened before it; a full length movie...

 directed by Giorgio Stegani

Giorgio Stegani

Giorgio Stegani is an Italian film and television writer, film director and second unit director.Stegani is best known for his western films of the 1960s. He wrote the script for westerns such as Un Dollaro bucato , directed and wrote Adiós gringo in 1965 and co-wrote Mille dollari sul nero .-...

 and starring Lee Van Cleef

Lee Van Cleef

Lee Van Cleef was an American film actor who appeared mostly in Western and action pictures. His sharp features and piercing eyes led to his being cast as a villain in scores of films such as High Noon, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance and The Good The Bad and the Ugly.-Early life:Van Cleef was...

, Antonio Sabàto Sr., and
Gordon Mitchell

Gordon Mitchell

Gordon Mitchell was an American actor and bodybuilder.-Biography:Charles Allen Pendleton was born in Denver, Colorado, and began working out in his Denver neighbourhood to deal with his tough companions. During World War II he served in the U.S...

. The film is also known as The Good Die First.

Plot summary

After robbing a stagecoach, Billy Joe Cudlip (Lee Van Cleef) is determined to "go straight", and is named the new sheriff of Silverton. But does he really want the job -- or just access to the valuable shipments of silver?