When larcenous real estate clerk Marion Crane goes on the lam with a wad of cash and hopes of starting a new life, she ends up at the notorious Bates Motel, where manager Norman Bates cares for his housebound mother.
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hidden identitymystery disappearancecat & mousefamily dysfunctiontrauma recoveryobsessionvillain protagonistdetective investigatorparent childstrangers forced togetherserial killer
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