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Disc #1 -- Norliss Tapes
1. Missing Writer (Main Titles) [6:57]
2. The Norliss Tapes [7:44]
3. A Strange Death [7:38]
4. Keeping It Secret [5:50]
5. The Studio [5:46]
6. Concerning the Ring [5:08]
7. Unheeded Warning [7:03]
8. Early Return, Unexpected Departure [9:30]
9. Designs [4:22]
10. Retrieving the Ring [4:21]
11. Blood Circle [6:06]
12. End Credits [1:10]
Author William F. Nolan and producer/director Dan (Dark Shadows) Curtis combined forces for the made-for-TV The Norliss Tapes. Roy Thinnes stars as Dan Norliss, an investigative reporter specializing the supernatural. Norliss' tapes consist of his observations when tracking down a report about a "walking dead man." As it happens, the tapes seem to be all that is left of Norliss, who has completely disappeared. The Norliss Tapes was the pilot for a series which failed to secure a network slot (perhaps no one wanted a program with a nonexistent hero!). An earlier failed attempt by Curtis to build a series around a paranormal investigator resulted in the 1969 pilot In the Dead of Night. Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide