Bill L. Norton

Directing

Bill L. Norton

Born 1943-08-13 · Venice, California

Bill L. Norton is an American film director, writer and producer. Among many projects, he is the writer-director of the cult-classic modern western Cisco Pike.

Acting credits

Behind the camera

Convoy poster
6.3

Trucker Rubber Duck and his buddies Pig Pen, Widow Woman and Spider Mike use their CB radios to warn one another of the presence of cops. But conniving Sheriff Wallace is hip to the truckers' tactics, and begins tricking the drivers through his own CB broadcasts. Facing constant harassment from the law, Rubber Duck and his pals use their radios to coordinate a vast convoy and rule the road.

Convoy

1978

Hercules in the Underworld poster
5.5

When villagers begin disappearing it is discovered that they had fallen through a crack in the earth which goes straight to Hades. Hercules once again comes to the rescue and faces one of his most difficult challenges, and must prove himself as a man as well as a god. "Hercules in the Underworld" is the fourth made for TV movie in the series Hercules: The Legendary Journeys.

Hercules in the Underworld

1994

Losin' It poster
4.9

In 1965, four Los Angeles school friends -- Woody, Dave, Spider and Wendell -- go on a series of misadventures when they head to Tijuana, Mexico, for a night of cruisin', causing trouble, and to lose their virginity.

Losin' It

1983

More American Graffiti poster
5.2

College graduates deal with Vietnam and other issues of the late '60s.

More American Graffiti

1979

More American Graffiti poster
5.2

College graduates deal with Vietnam and other issues of the late '60s.

More American Graffiti

1979

Hercules and the Amazon Women poster
5.8

Hercules and Iolaus take time out from Iolaus' wedding preparations, to help a distant village under attack from "monsters". When they reach their destination, they find the monsters are in fact Amazonian women who are controlled by Hera. "Hercules and the Amazon Women" is the first movie-length pilot episode of the television series "Hercules: The Legendary Journeys".

Hercules and the Amazon Women

1994

Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend poster
5.2

A paleontologist and her husband discover a mother and baby brontosaurus in Africa, and try to protect them from hunters who want to capture them.

Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend

1985

Cisco Pike poster
5.6

A down on his luck former drug dealer is forced by a corrupt LAPD policeman to sell 100 kilos of confiscated marijuana in one weekend.

Cisco Pike

1972

Cisco Pike poster
5.6

A down on his luck former drug dealer is forced by a corrupt LAPD policeman to sell 100 kilos of confiscated marijuana in one weekend.

Cisco Pike

1972

Three for the Road poster
5.9

A crafty political aide and his soft-spoken pal are assigned the job of delivering a senator's out-of-control teenage daughter to an institution.

Three for the Road

1987

Gargoyles poster
5.8

After receiving word about a mysterious carcass/skeleton unearthed in the Arizona desert, a father and his daughter decide to remove it from the burial grounds for further study. Once they do so, they, as well as the town, are besieged by a colony of gargoyles living in some nearby caverns.

Gargoyles

1972

Gone in the Night poster
6.5

A couple is unjustly accused of the murder of their daughter. Based on a true story and book of the same title.

Gone in the Night

1996

A Deadly Vision poster
5.6

A waitress who has psychic visions of murders before they happen is asked by a police detective to help find a serial killer.

A Deadly Vision

1997

Angel of Death poster
6.5

Escaped convict Gary Nicholson falls in love becomes obsessed with artist Laura Hendricks. He vows to protect her and her six-year-old son from any and all antagonists.

Angel of Death

1990

Our Mother's Murder poster
5.4

Fact-based true crime story about the murder of publishing heiress Anne Scripps Douglas who, in 1989, married a young hunk who eventually killed her.

Our Mother's Murder

1997

Bad to the Bone poster
5.6

A murderous sociopath (and former battered child) uses her naive younger brother in a scheme to do away with her inconvenient lover.

Bad to the Bone

1997

Generation Gap poster
7.2

When a rebellious teenager is forced to spend the summer with his grandfather, their differences go deeper than just the years that separate them.

Generation Gap

2008

Stolen Innocence poster
6.2

Stacy, a rebellious teenager, leaves home for the freedom and adventure of life on the road away from her parents. Afraid and alone, she is befriended by Richard, a handsome ex-con traveling across the country on a crime spree. Her short lived joy soon turns to terror.

Stolen Innocence

1995

False Arrest poster
5.8

A luxury home, a handsome husband and terrific children. But it all comes crashing down when she is accused of being a mastermind behind a brutal triple-homicide and is arrested and handcuffed in front of her own children. A gripping story of passion and betrayal as a woman fights to clear her name and avoid the death penalty for a crime she didn't commit.

False Arrest

1991

Deadly Whispers poster
5.1

Tom Acton, a devoted family man, has worked tirelessly in order to achieve success. However, his dreams are shattered when his teenage daughter Kathy engages in an affair with a married man. When Kathy is found murdered, Tom becomes the primary suspect in the case. As he sets his sights on the real killer, long buried secrets bubble to the surface and unlock the truth behind the ghastly murder.

Deadly Whispers

1995

A Crime of Passion poster
7.5

When a physician is murdered, his eldest daughter is accused of the crime, but the man's seductive new wife may not be all that she appears.

A Crime of Passion

1999

Truly Right poster
NR

Color UCLA Student Film, Preserved by the UCLA Film and Television Archive. "A neosurrealistic romp in the manner of the early Beatles films, in this instance starring the Nitty-Gritty Dirt Band doing their whimsical thing as they sing the title tune"--Creative Film Society 16 mm. film rental & sale catalogue, 1975.

Truly Right

1968

Vows of Deception poster
5.4

When a prominent lawyer is found murdered, his wife is promptly arrested and charged with the crime. She swiftly accuses her stepson, with whom she claims to be having an affair. This sheds enough reasonable doubt to get her case dismissed on grounds of a mistrial, but three years later, prosecutors arrest and charge her again. Will she be so lucky on her second go?

Vows of Deception

1996

Every Mother's Worst Fear poster
4.9

Faced with her parents' recent divorce, her mother working long hours and her high school boyfriend dumping her, 16-year-old Martha looks for solace in the world of Internet chat rooms. Innocent chatting turns deadly as Martha attracts the attention of a pedophile and cyber-kidnapping ring. Martha's mother Connie suspects foul play and begins a frantic search for her daughter, enlisting the help of the police, the FBI and an expert hacker.

Every Mother's Worst Fear

1998