Psycho Released Date, Rating, Genre, Cast

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Released Date

September 8, 1960

Distributor

Paramount Pictures

Genre

Horror

Rating

Budget

$806,947

Worldwide Gross

Domestic Gross + International Gross = Worldwide Gross
$32,000,000 + $41,845 = $32,041,845

Cast

Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, Vera Miles, John Gavin, Frank Albertson, Martin Balsam, John McIntire, Pat Hitchcock

1932-1992

Anthony Perkins

as Norman Bates

1927-2004

Janet Leigh

as Marion Crane

Vera Miles

as Lila Crane

1931-2018

John Gavin

as Sam Loomis

1909-1964

Frank Albertson

as Tom Cassidy

1919-1996

Martin Balsam

as Detective Milton Arbogast

1907-1991

John McIntire

as Sheriff Al Chambers

Pat Hitchcock

as Caroline

About Psycho

A Phoenix secretary embezzles $40,000 from her employer's client, goes on the run, and checks into a remote motel run by a young man under the domination of his mother.

About

Often ranked as a top movie of all time, Alfred Hitchcock's masterpiece is viewed as one of the earliest examples of the slasher film genre. In the film, a secretary embezzles funds and goes on the run only to check into a remote hotel run by a disturbed owner-manager.

Trivia

Janet Leigh won a Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress and the film earned 4 Academy Award nominations, including ones for Leigh in the same category and Best Director for Hitchcock.