Psycho

1960

Sight and Sound 2022: Critics' Poll — No. 31Sight and Sound 2022: Directors' Poll — No. 46

Director:

Alfred Hitchcock

Studio:

Shamley Productions

Starring:

Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, Vera Miles, John Gavin, Martin Balsam

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Phoenix secretary Marion Crane steals $40,000 from her employer and runs away to join her lover, stopping for the night at the remote Bates Motel. The shy motel keeper Norman Bates seems dominated by his invalid mother, and when Marion disappears, her sister and a private investigator come looking for her.