Psycho

1960 · directed by Alfred Hitchcock

Rating

99/100

Hit

yes

Prestige lists

AFI 100, BFI Top 100, TSPDT 250, NFR

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.

Psycho (1960), directed by Alfred Hitchcock, rates 99/100 — a hit. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.

Cast

• Anthony Perkins
• Janet Leigh
• Vera Miles
• John Gavin
• Martin Balsam
• John McIntire
• Simon Oakland
• Frank Albertson
• Patricia Hitchcock
• Vaughn Taylor

Crew

• John L. Russell — Director of Photography
• George Tomasini — Editor
• Bernard Herrmann — Original Music Composer
• Joseph Stefano — Screenplay

More from Alfred Hitchcock

1. Rear Window (1954) — 100/100 · hit
2. North by Northwest (1959) — 99/100 · hit
3. Vertigo (1958) — 99/100 · hit
4. Rebecca (1940) — 89/100 · hit
5. Notorious (1946) — 86/100 · hit
6. The Lady Vanishes (1938) — 85/100 · hit

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