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Brimstone & Treacle   1982         R, 85 min. Genre: Drama / Thriller Director: Richard Loncraine   Cast: Sting, Denholm Elliott, Joan Plowright, Suzanna Hamilton, Mary MacLeod, Dudley Sutton, Benjamin Whitrow, Tim Preece, Hugh Walters, Christopher Fairbanks, Elizabeth Bradley   A drifter, Martin Taylor (Sting,) talks his way into Tom and Norma Bates' (Denholm Elliott and Joan Plowright) home. The Bates have a disabled daughter Patricia (Suzanna Hamilton), and Martin becomes her unofficial caretaker. It is only then that Martin's plot is revealed, and molesting Patricia is only part of the horrors in store for the Bates family in this strange, yet intriguing, tale. Cast Sting Martin Taylor Denholm Elliott Tom Bates Joan Plowright Norma Bates Suzanna Hamilton Patricia Bates Mary MacLeod Valerie Holdsworth Dudley Sutton Stroller Benjamin Whitrow Businessman Tim Preece Clergyman Hugh Walters Man Christopher Fairbanks Drunk Elizabeth Bradley Woman