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.
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
Truck Driver
Bob Schott
Sargoth
The Norliss Tapes is a horror, tv movie, thriller film released in 1973 exploring themes of newspaper, reporter, failed tv pilot. Directed by Dan Curtis, it stars Roy Thinnes, Don Porter, Angie Dickinson. 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.
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