Psycho
Psycho, motion picture about a deranged innkeeper and his mother, based on a novel by Robert Bloch. Released in 1960, the film was directed by Alfred Hitchcock, and stars Anthony Perkins as Norman Bates, the innkeeper. Janet Leigh earned a Golden Globe Award for her performance as Marion Crane, the young woman who stops for a night at the Bates Hotel and gets murdered by a figure in a dress while taking a shower. At first it seems that Bates's mother killed Marion, but later it turns out that Bates has a habit of dressing up in his mother's clothing and murdering unlucky travelers.
Director
Alfred Hitchcock
Cast
Anthony Perkins (Norman Bates)
Janet Leigh (Marion Crane)
Vera Miles (Lila Crane)
John Gavin (Sam Loomis)
Martin Balsam (Milton Arbogast)
John McIntire (Sheriff Chambers)
Lurene Tuttle (Mrs. Chambers)
Simon Oakland (Dr. Richmond)
Frank Albertson (Tom Cassidy)
Patricia Hitchcock (Caroline)
Vaughn Taylor (George Lowery)
John Anderson (California Charlie)
Mort Mills (Police officer)
Francis DeSales (District attorney)
George Eldredge (Chief of police)
Sam Flint (Official)
Helen Wallace (Woman customer)
Ted Knight (Police guard)
Alfred Hitchcock (Man outside office in cowboy hat)
Frank Killmond (Bob Summerfield)
Virginia Gregg (Mother's voice)
Anne Dore (Perkins's double in shower scene)
Marli Renfro (Leigh's double in shower scene)
Awards
Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress (1961): Janet Leigh
Trivia
The filmmaker used chocolate sauce for blood in the shower scene.
Quote
Norman Bates (referring to his mother): “She just goes a little mad sometimes. We all go a little mad sometimes. Haven't you?”