Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 109 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Frights
- Strong
Why tonight?
- It goes hard on frights — not a wind-down.
- One of the best-reviewed films Cue holds.
The story
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.
- hotel
- clerk
- detective
- shower
- arizona
- motel
- halloween
- stolen money
- alter ego
- taxidermy
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Martin Balsam — Milton Arbogast
- John McIntire — Al Chambers
- Simon Oakland — 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)
- Directed
- Alfred Hitchcock
- Written
- Joseph Stefano
Production
- Rating
- 8.4 / 10 · 11,226 ratings
- Studio
- Shamley Productions
The Collection
The complete story, in order.
1960 · You’re herePsycho
Where it starts.
Psycho II
1983
Psycho III
1986
Psycho IV: The Beginning
1990
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
