Joseph Stefano (screenplay)
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Plot Outline: )
Phoenix officeworker Marion Crane is fed up with the way life has treated her. She has to meet her lover Sam in lunch breaks and they cannot get married because Sam has to give most of his money away in alimony. One Friday Marion is trusted to bank $40,000 by her employer. Seeing the opportunity to take the money and start a new life, Marion leaves town and heads towards Sam's California store. Tired after the long drive and caught in a storm, she gets off the main highway and pulls into The Bates Motel. The motel is managed by a quiet young man called Norman who seems to be dominated by his mother.
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cast:
Anthony Perkins .... Norman Bates
Janet Leigh .... Marion Crane
Vera Miles .... Lila Crane
John Gavin .... Sam Loomis
Martin Balsam .... Detective Milton Arbogast
John McIntire .... Sheriff Al Chambers
Simon Oakland .... Dr. Fred Richmond
Vaughn Taylor .... George Lowery
Frank Albertson .... Tom Cassidy
Lurene Tuttle .... Eliza Chambers
Patricia Hitchcock .... Caroline
John Anderson .... Charlie
Mort Mills .... Highway Patrol Officer
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(1983)
Directed by Richard Franklin
Writing credits::
Tom Holland
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Plot Outline: After twenty-two years of psychiatric care, Norman Bates attempts to return to a life of solitude... but the specters of his crimes -- and his mother -- continue to haunt him. ========================
Cast:
Anthony Perkins .... Norman Bates
Vera Miles .... Lila Loomis
Meg Tilly .... Mary Loomis
Robert Loggia .... Dr. Bill Raymond
Dennis Franz .... Warren Toomey
Hugh Gillin .... Sheriff John Hunt
Claudia Bryar .... Emma Spool
Robert Alan Browne .... Ralph Statler
Ben Hartigan .... Judge Hartigan
Lee Garlington .... Myrna
Tim Maier .... Josh
Jill Carroll .... Kim
Chris Hendrie .... Deputy Pool
Tom Holland .... Deputy Norris
Michael Lomazow .... District Attorney
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(1986)
Directed by Anthony Perkins
Writing credits::
Charles Edward Pogue
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Plot Summary: Norman Bates is still running his little motel, and he has kept the dressed skeleton he calls mother. One of his guests is a young girl who has left the convent where she lived. To get some help he employs a young man. One day a nosey journalist comes to see him to ask questions about his past.
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Cast:
Anthony Perkins .... Norman Bates
Diana Scarwid .... Maureen Coyle
Jeff Fahey .... Duane Duke
Roberta Maxwell .... Tracy Venable
Hugh Gillin .... Sheriff John Hunt
Lee Garlington .... Myrna
Robert Alan Browne .... Ralph Statler
Gary Bayer .... Father Brian
Patience Cleveland .... Sister Margaret
Juliette Cummins .... Red
Steve Guevara .... Deputy Leo
Kay Heberle .... Ruthie
Donovan Scott .... Kyle
Karen Hensel .... Sister Catherine
Jack Murdock .... Lou
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The Beginning
(1990) (TV)
Directed by Mick Garris
Writing credits (WGA)
Robert Bloch (character)
Joseph Stefano (written by)
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Plot Summary: Anthony Perkins (Norman Bates) returns for this "prequel", once more having mommy trouble. This time around he is invited to share memories of mom with a radio talk show host, but the PYSCHO fears that he may kill again for his beloved is impregnated with his child and Norman cannot let another PYSCHO loose in the civilized world.
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Cast:
Anthony Perkins .... Norman Bates