Psycho
1960 film directed by Alfred Hitchcock · Released 1960
Psycho is a 1960 American horror thriller film produced and directed by Alfred Hitchcock. The screenplay, written by Joseph Stefano, is based on the 1959 novel by Robert Bloch. The film stars Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, Vera Miles, John Gavin, and Martin Balsam. The plot centers on an encounter between on-the-run embezzler Marion Crane (Leigh), shy motel proprietor Norman Bates (Perkins), and his disturbed mother.
Cast ages at release (1960)
- John Gavin, as Sam Loomis: 28–29
- Martin Balsam, as Private Investigator Milton Arbogast: 40–41
- John McIntire, as Deputy Sheriff Al Chambers: 52–53
- Simon Oakland, as Dr. Richman: 44–45
- Vaughn Taylor, as George Lowery: 49–50
- Frank Albertson, as Tom Cassidy: 50–51
- Lurene Tuttle, as Mrs: 52–53
- Pat Hitchcock, as Caroline: 31–32
- Alfred Hitchcock: 60–61
- John Anderson, as California Charlie: 37–38
- Anthony Perkins, as Norman Bates: 27–28
- Janet Leigh, as Marion Crane: 32–33
- Vera Miles, as Lila Crane: 29–30
- Virginia Gregg: 43–44
- Jeanette Nolan: 48–49