Alfred Hitchcok - Psyco (1960) [DVD9 PAL]





Original title Psycho

Country of manufacture United States of America

Year 1960

Duration 109 min

Technical data B / N

report: Widescreen

Thriller, horror, thriller genre

Directed by Alfred Hitchcock

Subject Robert Bloch (novel)

Screenplay Joseph Stefano

Producer Alfred Hitchcock





Interpreters and characters



   Anthony Perkins: Norman Bates

   Janet Leigh: Marion Crane

   Vera Miles: Lila Crane

   John Gavin: Sam Loomis

   Martin Balsam: Milton Arbogast

   John McIntire: Sheriff Al Chambers

   Simon Oakland: Dr. Fred Richmond

   Vaughn Taylor: George Lowery

   Frank Albertson: Tom Cassidy

   Lurene Tuttle: Eliza Chambers, sheriff's wife

   Patricia Hitchcock: Caroline, Marion's colleague

   John Anderson: Charlie

   Mort Mills: policeman on patrol

   Fletcher Allen: cop on the sidewalk

   Alfred Hitchcock: man with a Texan hat

   Ted Knight: Guard



Language: English French Italian

Subtitles: English French Italian Spanish





Psyco Psycho is a 1960 film directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Janet Leigh, Anthony Perkins, John Gavin and Vera Miles.



Based on the 1959 novel of the same name by Robert Bloch (based on the real events of serial killer Ed Gein), it is one of the director's most famous films, as well as his greatest commercial success, so much so that it has generated three sequels, one spin-off, one television series, a shot-for-shot remake, a documentary on the famous shower scene and many other derivative works. In addition, various references are also present in other media such as cartoons and comics, for example in The Simpsons or Dylan Dog.



In 1961 he was nominated for four Academy Awards: Best Director, Best Supporting Actress, Best Cinematography and Best Set Design. The same year Janet Leigh was awarded the Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress.



In 1992 he was selected for conservation in the National Film Registry of the United States Library of Congress. In 1998 the American Film Institute placed it in eighteenth place in the ranking of the best one hundred US films of all time, while ten years later, in the updated list, it rose to fourteenth place.