A new and altogether different screen excitement!
When larcenous real estate clerk Marion Crane goes on the lam with a wad of cash and hopes of starting a new life, she ends up at the notorious Bates Motel, where manager Norman Bates cares for his housebound mother.
- 8.4
- 1960
- Released
- 1h 49m
Anthony Perkins
Norman Bates
Janet Leigh
Marion Crane
Vera Miles
Lila Crane
John Gavin
Sam Loomis
Martin Balsam
Private Det. Milton Arbogast
John McIntire
Sheriff Al Chambers
Simon Oakland
Dr. Fred Richman
Frank Albertson
Tom Cassidy
Patricia Hitchcock
Caroline
Vaughn Taylor
George Lowery
Lurene Tuttle
Mrs. Chambers
John Anderson
California Charlie
Mort Mills
Highway Patrol Officer
Fletcher Allen
Policeman on Steps (uncredited)Walter Bacon
Church Member (uncredited)Kit Carson
Extra (uncredited)
Francis De Sales
Deputy District Attorney Alan Deats (uncredited)George Dockstader
Extra (uncredited)
George Eldredge
Police Chief James Mitchell (uncredited)Harper Flaherty
Extra (uncredited)
Sam Flint
County Sheriff (uncredited)
Virginia Gregg
Norma Bates (voice) (uncredited)Paul Jasmin
Norma Bates (voice) (uncredited)Lee Kass
Extra (uncredited)Frank Killmond
Bob Summerfield (uncredited)
Ted Knight
Policeman in Hallway Opening Door (uncredited)Pat McCaffrie
Police Guard (uncredited)Hans Moebus
Passerby on Sidewalk (uncredited)
Jeanette Nolan
Norma Bates (voice) (uncredited)Lillian O'Malley
Extra (uncredited)
Robert Osborne
Man (uncredited)Fred Scheiwiller
Extra (uncredited)
Helen Wallace
Hardware Store Customer (uncredited)
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$806,947.00
$50,048,065.00
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Reviews
Any fan of slasher/ horror films should consider this required viewing. Marion(Janet Leigh) and her "secret" boyfriend Sam(John Gavin) want to be together. Sam, who is divorced and cash poor feels he cannot provide a happy life for the two of them. Desperate, Marion has an opportunity to steel 40,000.00. She flees Arizona and heads to California where she ends up at the Bates Motel and meeting Nor
There is so much more to this film than just that famous scene in the shower - and so much of it belongs to the marvellous scoring of Bernard Herrmann. His ability to use those screeching strings, and the pace of his music does so much of the heavy lifting that gives this film a sense of accumulating menace that makes it still, after over 60 years, a masterful piece of cinema. Janet Leigh wants to
Amazingly, this is my first ever viewing, not sure why I waited so long, but finally got around to it. Great movie in every way from the performance by Anthony Perkins to the atmosphere, enjoyed every bit of this even though I basically knew the entire plot at this point since all iconic scenes and lines have been repeated over the years. Not sure this is my *favorite* Hitchcock movie as I still p
My most favourite film from the master of suspense. This psychological horror is widely considered to be the first ever slasher film. Powered by great performances from Anthony Perkins & Janet Leigh, and the outstanding score by Bernard Herrmann which adds such great tension throughout the film, it is unarguably the greatest thriller ever made. Only Alfred Hitchcock could make a film so enterta
“We all go a little mad sometimes. Haven't you?” A Phoenix secretary, Marion Crane (Janet Leigh), embezzles $40,000 and rashly flees town, ending up at a remote motel in Fairvale, California, where she encounters the eccentric Mama’s boy Norman Bates (Anthony Perkins). Mixed into this web is a private investigator (Martin Balsam), Marion’s sister (Vera Miles) and Marion’s secret beau (John Gavi
Required viewing. _Final rating:★★★½ - I really liked it. Would strongly recommend you give it your time._