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The Norliss Tapes (1973)

02/21/1973 (US) Horror, TV Movie, Thriller 1h 12m

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A newspaper publisher listens to the personal tapes of investigative reporter David Norliss, who has disappeared during an investigation. The tapes tell the story of that investigation, involving a recent widow whose late husband has been seen working in his private studio. As Norliss and the widow investigate, they unravel a plot involving Voodoo and the walking dead.

Dan Curtis

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Fred Mustard Stewart

Story
William F. Nolan

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Roy Thinnes

David Norliss
Don Porter

Sanford T. Evans
Angie Dickinson

Ellen Sterns Cort
Claude Akins

Sheriff Tom Hartley
Michele Carey

Marsha Sterns
Vonetta McGee

Mme. Jeckiel
Hurd Hatfield

Charles Langdon
Robert Mandan

George Rosen
Stanley Adams

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A review by Wuchak

60%

Written by Wuchak on May 4, 2022

Dan Curtis attempts another “Night Stalker” with Roy Thinnes

A writer in the greater San Francisco area (Thinnes) is assigned to investigate supposedly supernatural happenings, which leads him to the case of a widow in Monterey (Angie Dickinson) who claims she was attacked by her deceased artist husband (Nick Dimitri). Don Porter plays his publisher and Claude Akins a skeptical sheriff.

A television production, "The Norliss Tapes" (1973) combines Noir fiction with a spooky story and is very similar to a few other Dan Curtis productions of the early 70s: “The Night Stalker” (1972), “... read the rest.

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