Psycho
1960
A new and altogether different screen excitement!
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
User Rating
Intensity
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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- Director
- Alfred Hitchcock
- Written by
- Robert Bloch, Joseph Stefano
- Produced by
- Alfred Hitchcock
- Composer
- Bernard Herrmann
- Cinematographer
- John L. Russell
- Editor
- George Tomasini
- Studio
- Shamley Productions
- Origin country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 49m
- Language
- en
- Rating
- R
- Also known as
- Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho, Wimpy
- TMDB
- 8.4/10 (11,042 votes)
- Rotten Tomatoes
- 97% Fresh
- Metacritic
- 97/100
- IMDb
- 8.5/10 (783,952 votes)
Awards
- NominatedAcademy Award— Best Director(1961)
Cast
Anthony Perkins
Norman Bates
Janet Leigh
Marion Crane
Vera Miles
Lila Crane
John Gavin
Sam Loomis
Martin Balsam
Milton Arbogast
John McIntire
Al Chambers
Simon Oakland
Fred Richman
Frank Albertson
Tom Cassidy
Patricia Hitchcock
Caroline
Vaughn Taylor
George Lowery
Lurene Tuttle
Mrs. Chambers
John Anderson
California Charlie
Mort Mills
Highway Patrol Officer
Fletcher Allen
Policeman on Steps (uncredited)
Walter Bacon
Church Member (uncredited)
Kit Carson
(uncredited)
Francis De Sales
Alan Deats (uncredited)
George Dockstader
(uncredited)
Crew
Keywords
Links
Trailer
Soundtrack
Bernard Herrmann, National Philharmonic Orchestra
Psycho
Podcasts
SLASHERS Pt 2: Psycho & Peeping Tom (1960) — Evolution of Horror
Psycho Collection
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