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Psycho
Psycho
Director
Producer(s)
Alfred Hitchcock
Writer(s)
Joseph Stefano
Based on
Psycho by Robert Bloch
Starring
Anthony Perkins
Vera Miles
John Gavin
Janet Leigh
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)
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.

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