Director
Producer(s)
Alfred Hitchcock
Writer(s)
Joseph Stefano
Based on
Psycho by Robert Bloch
Starring
Music by
Bernard Herrmann
Cinematography
John L. Russell
Tagline
"A new - and altogether different - screen excitement."
Editing by
George Tomasini
Studio
Shamley Productions
Distributor
Paramount Pictures
Rating
R
Release date
June 16, 1960 (DeMille Theatre)
September 8, 1960 (United States)
September 8, 1960 (United States)
On DVD
Runtime
109 minutes
Country
United States
Budget
$806,947
Gross
$50,000,000
Nominations
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Awards
Psycho is a 1960 film directed by Alfred Hitchcock.
Cast[]
- Janet Leigh as Marion Crane
- Anthony Perkins as Norman Bates
- John Gavin as Sam Loomis
- Vera Miles as Lila Crane
- Martin Balsam as Det. Milton Arbogast
- John McIntire as Sheriff Al Chambers
- Simon Oakland as Dr. Fred Richmond
- Frank Albertson as Tom Cassidy
- Pat Hitchcock as Caroline
- Vaughn Taylor as George Lowery
- Lurene Tuttle as Mrs. Chambers
- John Anderson as California Charlie
- Mort Mills as Highway patrolman
- Virginia Gregg, Jeanette Nolan, and Paul Jasmin (all uncredited) as the voice of Norma Bates
- Ted Knight (uncredited) as a police officer
Background Information[]
- The film spawned several sequels and a Hollywood remake in 1997. Anthony Perkins and Vera Miles both participated in the sequels.
- The character of Loomis in the film Halloween was named after this film.
- As of 2011, Vera Miles John Gavin and Pat Hitchcock are the only surviving cast members.
- In a move that was unheard of at the time, Hitchcock personally insisted that audience members see the film from the beginning.
- It was based on the 1959 novel of the same name by Robert Bloch, which was loosely inspired by the case of convicted Wisconsin murderer and grave robber Ed Gein.
- Hitchcock acquired rights to the novel for $9,500 and reportedly ordered his assistant Peggy Robertson to buy up copies to preserve the novel's surprises.
- The success of Psycho jump-started Perkins' career, but he soon began to suffer from typecasting.
- Until her death, Leigh continued to receive strange and sometimes threatening calls, letters, and even tapes detailing what they would like to do to Marion Crane.