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.
Direction
Hitchcock's cold, precise manipulation of your nerves.
Editing
That 45-second shower: 70 cuts, zero nudity shown.
Score
Herrmann's screaming violins—still unmatched horror music.
Director
Alfred Hitchcock
Anthony Perkins
Norman Bates
Janet Leigh
Marion Crane
Vera Miles
Lila Crane
John Gavin
Sam Loomis
Martin Balsam
Milton Arbogast
John McIntire
Al Chambers
Simon Oakland
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
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Hitchcock bought all copies of Robert Bloch's novel to hide the twist, and banned stars from press events.
This birthed the slasher genre and 'the final girl' trope, though Hitchcock would hate being called grandfather of Halloween.
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