Psycho [60th Anniversary Edition] [Blu-ray]

Director: Alfred Hitchcock Alfred Hitchcock

Overview

In this suspense classic, Phoenix bank teller Marion Crane impulsively steals $40,000 from her employer then skips town in search of a new life. After nearly 36 hours on the road, the exhausted Marion pulls into the out-of-the-way Bates Motel, which isn't exactly the quiet place it appears to be.

Product Details

Release Date:	09/08/2020
UPC:	0191329145302
Original Release:	1960
Rating:	R
Source:	Universal Studios
Presentation:	[B&W]
Language:	English
Time:	1:49:00
Sales rank:	7,021

Special Features

The Making of Psycho; Psycho Sound; In the Master's Shadow: Hitchcock's Legacy; Hitchcock/Truffaut Interview Excerpts; Newsreel Footage: The release of Psycho; The Shower Scene: With and Without Music; The Shower Sequence: Storyboards by Saul Bass; Feature Commentary with Stephen Rebello (Author of Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho)

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Anthony Perkins	Norman Bates
Janet Leigh	Marion Crane
Vera Miles	Lila Crane
John Gavin	Sam
Martin Balsam	Arbogast
John McIntire	Sheriff
Simon Oakland	Dr. Richmond
Frank Albertson	Millionaire
Patricia Hitchcock	Caroline,Man Outside Office in Cowboy Hat
Lurene Tuttle	Mrs. Chambers
Vaughn Taylor	George Lowery
John Anderson	California Charlie
George Eldredge	Chief of Police
Sam Flint	Official
Helen Wallace	Woman Customer
Ted Knight	Police Guard
Frank Killmond	Bob Summerfield
Anne Dore	Perkins' Double in Shower Scene
Marli Renfro	Leigh's Double in Shower Scene
Mort Mills	Highway Patrolman
Fletcher Allen	Policeman on Steps
Walter Bacon	Church Member
Francis De Sales	Deputy District Attorney Alan Deats
George Dockstader	Extra
Paul Jasmin	Norma Bates
Lee Kass	Extra
Pat McCaffrie	Police Guard
Hans Moebus	Passerby on Sidewalk
Virginia Gregg	Norma Bates (uncerdited)
Jeanette Nolan	Norma Bates (uncredited)
Marion Crane	Actor
Bernard Herrmann	Composer

Technical Credits

Joseph Stefano

Robert Bloch

Alfred Hitchcock	Director,Producer
Joseph Stefano	Screenwriter
Clarence Champagne	Special Effects
Robert Bloch	Screenwriter
Waldon O. Watson	Sound Effects,Sound/Sound Designer
John Ruth	Sound Effects
William Russell	Sound/Sound Designer

Editorial Reviews

In a decade in which what was acceptable onscreen would change more radically than at any other time in history, Psycho was in some ways the first shot in the battle for freer filmmaking in the 1960s. Few movies of its time were more direct and unapologetic in their violence or served it up with such disorienting abruptness or tongue-in-cheek wit. With its casual depiction of sex outside marriage, fleeting nudity, bursts of shocking violence, killing off a major character less than halfway through the movie, and focus on the psychological subtext of the murderer's personality, as well as the geometric imagery of Saul Bass's credit sequence and the percussive strings of Bernard Herrmann's score, Psycho was the film with which Hitchcock left the 1950s behind and started the 1960s with relish. Time hasn't hurt the film, either; it still generates a palpable tension and the odd chemistry between Perkins and Leigh in their dinner scene is a wonder to behold. While the film is still frightening after all these years, repeated screenings reveal a cold-blooded humor; with Psycho, Hitchcock tore asunder the audience's expectations of what a suspense film should be, and he appears to have had a wonderful time doing it.