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Bates Motel (1987)

Drama Horror TV Movie

Alex West is a man who roomed with Norman Bates at the state lunatic asylum for nearly 20 years. After Bates' death, Alex finds that he is in Norman's will as the inheritor of the Bates Motel, which has been vacant since Norman's arrest. Alex travels to Bates' California hometown and with a little help from a teenage runaway, Willie, Alex struggles to re-open the motel for business, only to have strange things happen. Is someone trying to drive him away, or is the motel really haunted by the ghost of Norman's mother?

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1987-07-05

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Runtime: 95 mins Rating: 4.4 Tag Line: You can check in but you can't check out of The Bates Motel!

Cast

Gregg Henry

Tom Fuller

Bud Cort

Alex West

Moses Gunn

Henry Watson

Lori Petty

Willie

Robert Picardo

Dr. Goodman

Jason Bateman

Peter Dobson

Billy Parks

George Buck Flower

Vagrant

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Crew

Bill Butler

Director of Photography

George Linder

Producer

Dann Cahn

Editor

J. Peter Robinson

Original Music Composer

Richard Rothstein

Director

Richard Rothstein

Writer

Richard Rothstein

Executive Producer

Henry Kline

Co-Producer

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