William W. Norton

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Exiled in America

Exiled in America

1992

Writer

3.0
Writing

A Central American revolutionary is captured and tortured by government forces. He escapes and flees to the US, hiding out in a rural area where he is...

Big Bad Mama II

Big Bad Mama II

1987

Characters

4.7

Wilma McClatchie and her daughters return to a life of crime and vow vengeance against the evil land baron who foreclosed on their home.

The 11th Commandment

The 11th Commandment

1986

Story

3.9
Writing

A murderous psycho breaks out of a mental hospital and goes after his rich uncle who killed his father and raped his mother.

September Gun

September Gun

1983

Teleplay

5.3

Ben Sunday, a long-in-tooth gunfighter forms an uneasy alliance with a Catholic nun. The single-minded sister wants to erect a sanctuary for a group o...

Dirty Tricks

Dirty Tricks

1981

Screenplay

1.0
Writing

A Harvard University student finds a strange letter that seems to be signed by George Washington. When trying to contact an expert (Prof. Chandler) to...

Night of the Juggler

Night of the Juggler

1980

Screenplay

5.9
Writing

An ex New York cop is desperate to find his kidnapped daughter.

Day of the Animals

Day of the Animals

1977

Screenplay

5.2
Writing

The depletion of the earth's ozone layer causes animals above the altitude of 5000 feet to run amok, which is very unfortunate for a group of hikers w...

Gator

Gator

1976

Writer

5.2
Writing

After his release from prison, notorious ex-con and moonshine distiller Gator McKlusky moves in with his father in a cabin in the Okefenokee Swamp. Hi...

Moving Violation

Moving Violation

1976

Screenplay

5.0
Writing

A young drifter and small-town waitress witness a corrupt sheriff murder his own deputy. Framed for the murder and pursued by the sheriff, they run fo...

A Small Town in Texas

A Small Town in Texas

1976

Screenplay

4.7
Writing

A crooked sheriff in a small Southern town frames an ex-convict in a drug bust and takes his girlfriend.

Brannigan

Brannigan

1975

Screenplay

6.0
Writing

A hard-nosed Chicago cop is sent to London to bring back an American mobster being held for extradition. Brannigan in his Irish-American way brings Am...

Big Bad Mama

Big Bad Mama

1974

Screenplay

5.7
Writing

Mama and daughters get forced by circumstances into bootlegging and bank robbing, and travel across the country trailed by the law.

White Lightning

White Lightning

1973

Writer

6.2
Writing

An ex-con teams up with federal agents to help them with breaking up a moonshine ring.

The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing

The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing

1973

Additional Writing

5.8

On the run from her violent husband, Catherine Crocker witnesses a train robbery and is taken prisoner by a frontier outlaw gang, led by a bandit who’...

Trader Horn

Trader Horn

1973

Writer

2.5
Writing

During the First World War a Hunter and trader in Africa joins forces with a couple looking for a source of platinum try to survive while fleeing Brit...

Poor Albert and Little Annie

Poor Albert and Little Annie

1972

Screenplay

3.7
Writing

Albert tried to kill his rich snobby mother once. Then he was institutionalized. Now he's escaped. Albert is after his mother again. And he will tortu...

The Hunting Party

The Hunting Party

1971

Screenplay

6.2
Writing

A ruthless rancher, and his gang, use extremely long range rifles to kill the men who kidnapped his wife.

The McKenzie Break

The McKenzie Break

1970

Screenplay

6.1
Writing

A German U-Boat commander plans a daring escape from a PoW camp in Scotland.

Marigold Man

1970

Writer

Writing

Harry and his roommate, George, live in a shabby Hollywood apartment, existing languidly off the final payments of their unemployment insurance. Despi...

Sam Whiskey

Sam Whiskey

1969

Screenplay

5.6
Writing

A widow hires an ex-gambler to retrieve gold bars from a sunken river boat in Colorado and discreetly return them to the Federal Mint, from where they...

The Scalphunters

The Scalphunters

1968

Screenplay

6.4
Writing

Forced to trade his valuable furs for a well-educated escaped slave, a rugged trapper vows to recover the pelts from the Indians and later the renegad...

The Farmer's Other Daughter

The Farmer's Other Daughter

1965

Writer

3.7
Writing

Farmer Brown wants to sell his daughter to Cyrus P. Barksnapper in order to save his farm.

How to Succeed with Girls

1964

Writer, Producer

6.0
Writing Producing

Meek salesman learns the aggressive way to treat women from a brash wastrel poet in order to help him get back with his wife.

Five Minutes to Love

Five Minutes to Love

1963

Writer

4.0
Writing

Ben, Edna and their baby daughter are headed to California when their car breaks down. Ben ventures off to the junkyard in search of a spare part to f...

The Grass Eater

1961

Writer

Writing

A man of questionable moral fiber pursues another man's wife, simply to convince a young lady that the the sanctity of marriage is fallacious.