Psycho (1960)
The screen's master of suspense moves his camera into the icy blackness of the unexplained | |
Alfred Hitchcock | |
Alfred Hitchcock | |
Joseph Stefano | |
Robert Bloch (original novel) | |
Janet Leigh Anthony Perkins John Gavin Vera Miles | |
Bernard Herrmann | |
John L. Russell | |
George Tomasini | |
109 minutes | |
black & white | |
mono (Westrex Recording System) | |
1.85:1 | |
Shamley Productions | |
Paramount Pictures | |
DVD & Blu-ray | |
Synopsis
Phoenix officeworker Marion Crane is fed up with the way life has treated her. She has to meet her lover Sam in lunch breaks and they cannot get married because Sam has to give most of his money away in alimony. One Friday Marion is trusted to bank $40,000 by her employer. Seeing the opportunity to take the money and start a new life, Marion leaves town and heads towards Sam's California store. Tired after the long drive and caught in a storm, she gets off the main highway and pulls into The Bates Motel. The motel is managed by a quiet young man called Norman who seems to be dominated by his mother.
Production
Coming soon...
Pre-Production
Screenplay
Casting
Principal Photography
Post-Production
Release & Reception
See Also...
For further relevant information about this film, see also...
- 1000 Frames of Psycho (1960)
- Articles about Psycho (1960)
- Awards and Nominations
- Books about Psycho (1960)
- Complete Cast and Crew
- Documentaries about Psycho (1960)
- Film scripts
- Production documents
- Publicity material (posters, lobby cards, etc)
- Soundtrack albums
- Trailers
- Trivia
- Web links to information, articles, reviews, etc
Blu-ray Releases
released in 2012
Alfred Hitchcock: The Masterpiece Collection - Universal (Blu-ray, 2012) box set released in various countries |
released in 2010
Psycho (1960) - Universal (Blu-ray, UK, 2010) Amazon (UK) | |
Psycho (1960) - Universal (Blu-ray, USA, 2010) Amazon (USA) |
DVD Releases
released in 2008
Psycho (1960) - Universal (USA, 2008) R1 NTSC 1.85 (anamorphic) |
released in 2005
Psycho (1960) - Universal (UK, 2005) PAL 1.85:1 (anamorphic) [01:43:52] | |
Psycho (1960) - Universal (USA, 2005) as part of a box set NTSC 1.85:1 (anamorphic) [01:48:44] |
Image Gallery
Images from the Hitchcock Gallery (click to view larger versions or search for all relevant images)...
posters
lobby cards
other images
Film Frames
Themes
- birds - Norman's stuffed birds and Marion Crane (from Phoenix) eating like a bird
- mother ...isn't quite herself
- multiple personalities - Norman and his mother
- taboo: bathrooms and flushing toilets!
- taboo: nudity - Marion taking her last shower
- the MacGuffin - $40,000 and the whereabouts of Marion Crane
- the knife as the main murder weapon
- voyeurism - Norman secretly watches Marion undress
- stairs - Arbogast's murder
- the double - Marion and Norman
- dark and light - Marion changes from a white to black bra after a shower early in the film during which she decides to go on the run with the money (pre-shower she was going to hand the money in)
- the Hitchcock cameo - outside Marion's office, wearing a cowboy hat (more details)
Cast and Crew
Directed by:
- Alfred Hitchcock
- Hilton A. Green - assistant director
Starring:
- Anthony Perkins - Norman Bates
- Janet Leigh - Marion Crane
- Vera Miles - Lila Crane
- John Gavin - Sam Loomis
- Martin Balsam - Detective Milton Arbogast
- John McIntire - Sheriff Al Chambers
- Simon Oakland - Doctor Richmond
- Vaughn Taylor - George Lowery
- Frank Albertson - Tom Cassidy
- Lurene Tuttle - Eliza Chambers
- Patricia Hitchcock - Caroline
- John Anderson - Charlie
- Mort Mills - Highway Patrol officer
- Sam Flint - Officer
- Jeanette Nolan - Norma Bates (uncredited voice)
- Virginia Gregg - Norma Bates (uncredited voice)
- Paul Jasmin - Norma Bates (uncredited voice)
Produced by:
Written by:
- Robert Bloch - original novel ("Psycho")
- Joseph Stefano
Photographed by:
Edited by:
Music by:
Costume Design by:
Hitchcock's Major Films | |
1920s | The Pleasure Garden · The Mountain Eagle · The Lodger · Downhill · Easy Virtue · The Ring · The Farmer's Wife · Champagne · The Manxman · Blackmail |
1930s | Juno and the Paycock · Murder! · The Skin Game · Rich and Strange · Number Seventeen · Waltzes from Vienna · The Man Who Knew Too Much · The 39 Steps · Secret Agent · Sabotage · Young and Innocent · The Lady Vanishes · Jamaica Inn |
1940s | Rebecca · Foreign Correspondent · Mr and Mrs Smith · Suspicion · Saboteur · Shadow of a Doubt · Lifeboat · Spellbound · Notorious · The Paradine Case · Rope · Under Capricorn |
1950s | Stage Fright · Strangers on a Train · I Confess · Dial M for Murder · Rear Window · To Catch a Thief · The Trouble with Harry · The Man Who Knew Too Much · The Wrong Man · Vertigo · North by Northwest |
1960s | Psycho · The Birds · Marnie · Torn Curtain · Topaz |
1970s | Frenzy · Family Plot |
view full filmography |