Psycho

Psycho (1960)

04/08/1960 (GB)
Horror, Thriller, Mystery
1h 49m

A new and altogether different screen excitement!

Overview

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.

  • Alfred HitchcockDirector
  • Joseph StefanoScreenplay
  • Status

    Released

  • Original Language

    English

  • Budget

    $806,947

  • Revenue

    $50,048,065

Keywords

  • hotel
  • clerk
  • detective
  • shower
  • arizona
  • motel
  • halloween
  • stolen money
  • alter ego
  • taxidermy
  • money
  • murder
  • secretary
  • serial killer
  • slasher
  • psychological thriller
  • black and white
  • corpse
  • murderer
  • theft
  • overbearing mother
  • stabbing
  • mental illness
  • private detective
  • missing person
  • split personality
  • psycho
  • voyeurism
  • voyeur
  • oedipus complex
  • double identity
  • abusive mother
  • dual personality
  • proto-slasher
  • multiple personality disorder
  • mother son relationship
  • birds
  • anxious
  • dramatic
  • motel owner
  • woman on the run
  • corruptibility
  • confused identities
  • human vulnerabilities
  • gloomy
  • man with female alter ego

Top Billed Cast

Anthony Perkins

Anthony Perkins

Norman Bates

Janet Leigh

Janet Leigh

Marion Crane

Vera Miles

Vera Miles

Lila Crane

John Gavin

John Gavin

Sam Loomis

Martin Balsam

Martin Balsam

Private Det. Milton Arbogast

John McIntire

John McIntire

Sheriff Al Chambers

Simon Oakland

Simon Oakland

Dr. Fred Richman

Frank Albertson

Frank Albertson

Tom Cassidy

Patricia Hitchcock

Patricia Hitchcock

Caroline

Vaughn Taylor

Vaughn Taylor

George Lowery

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