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- Anthony Perkins
- Vera Miles
- John Gavin
- Martin Balsam
- Janet Leigh
Psycho
Psycho is a 1960 American horror thriller produced and directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Joseph Stefano wrote the screenplay, based on Robert Bloch's 1959 novel. The plot centres on an encounter between Marion Crane, an embezzler on the run, Norman Bates, the shy proprietor of a remote motel, and his mother. Janet Leigh plays Marion and Anthony Perkins Norman, with Vera Miles as Marion's sister Lila, John Gavin as her lover Sam Loomis and Martin Balsam as a private investigator. Coming after North by Northwest (1959), Psycho was a departure for Hitchcock: it was shot on a small budget, in black and white, by the crew of his television series Alfred Hitchcock Presents. It initially divided critics over its controversial subject matter, but audience interest prompted a major critical re-evaluation. It received four Academy Award nominations, including Best Director for Hitchcock and Best Supporting Actress for Leigh. Psycho is now considered one of Hitchcock's best films and arguably his most famous and influential work, praised for its direction, tense atmosphere, camerawork and score. It set a new level of acceptability for violence and sexuality in American films. Three sequels, a remake, a television spin-off and a television series followed, and in 1992 the Library of Congress selected the film for the National Film Registry.
- Director
- Alfred Hitchcock
- Country
- USA
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