1960 • R • 1h 49m
8.4/10
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Overview
When larcenous real estate clerk Marion Crane goes on the lam with a wad of cash and hopes of starti 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.
8.4/10
( users) Cast / Crew 
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) 
Alfred Hitchcock Director Joseph Stefano Screenplay Joseph Hurley Art Direction Clarence Champagne Special Effects 
Bernard Herrmann Original Music Composer Alfred Hitchcock Producer Robert Clatworthy Art Direction John L. Russell Director of Photography George Tomasini Editor George Milo Set Decoration 
Saul Bass Title Designer Lew Leary Unit Manager Helen Colvig Costume Supervisor Hilton A. Green Assistant Director William Russell Sound Recordist
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) Alfred Hitchcock Director Joseph Stefano Screenplay Joseph Hurley Art Direction Clarence Champagne Special Effects Bernard Herrmann Original Music Composer Alfred Hitchcock Producer Robert Clatworthy Art Direction John L. Russell Director of Photography George Tomasini Editor George Milo Set Decoration Saul Bass Title Designer Lew Leary Unit Manager Helen Colvig Costume Supervisor Hilton A. Green Assistant Director William Russell Sound Recordist 
Keywords
hotel clerk shower arizona motel stolen money taxidermy money secretary whodunit corpse murderer theft mental illness private detective missing person psycho voyeurism voyeur oedipus complex double identity proto-slasher mother son relationship birds anxious dramatic woman on the run corruptibility confused identities human vulnerabilities
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