Psycho (1960)
| Release Date | 16 June 1960 |
| US Box Office | $32,000,000 |
| Tagline | A new- and altogether different- screen excitement!!! |
| Genre | Horror, Thriller |
| Country | USA |
| Filming Locations | 4270 Lankershim Boulevard, North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA |
| Language | English |
| Sound Mix | Mono |
| Color | Black and White |
| Film Type | Feature |
| Film Class | Psychological Thriller, Slasher Film |
| Mood | Nail-biters |
| Themes | Mothers and Sons, Woman In Jeopardy |
| Tones | Creepy, Deliberate, Menacing, Macabre, Chilly, Tense |
| Tags | Embezzlement, Missing Person, Motel, Mother, Murder, Private Detective, Psychopath, Shower, Stabbing, Taxidermist |
Psycho is a 1960 American psychological thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock. The film is based on the screenplay by Joseph Stefano, who adapted it from the 1959 novel of the same name by Robert Bloch. The novel was loosely inspired by the crimes of Wisconsin serial killer Ed Gein, who lived just 40 miles from Bloch.
Cast and Crew
Frank Albertson
Tom Cassidy
Mort Mills
Highway Patrol Officer
Fletcher Allen
Policeman on Steps
Prudence Beers
Extra
Muriel Bradley
Extra
Kit Carson
Extra
Francis De Sales
Deputy District Attorney Alan Deats
George Dockstader
Extra
George Eldredge
Police Chief James Mitchell
Harper Flaherty
Extra
Sam Flint
County Sheriff
Margaret Furrer
Extra
Paul Jasmin
Norma Bates
Myra Jones
Extra
Lee Kass
Extra
Frank Killmond
Bob Summerfield
Pat McCaffrie
Police Guard
Lillian O'Malley
Extra
Fred Scheiwiller
Extra
Helen Wallace
Hardware Store Customer
Director
Writer
Joseph Stefano
Robert Bloch
Producer
Original Music
Cinematographer
John L. Russell
Editor
Casting Director
Jere Henshaw
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Art Director
Robert Clatworthy
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Joseph Hurley
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Set Decorator
George Milo
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Costume Designer
Rita Riggs
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Makeup Department
Jack Barron
makeup supervisor
Florence Bush
hair stylist
Robert Dawn
makeup supervisor
Larry Germain
hair stylist
Production Manager
Lew Leary
unit manager
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Hilton A. Green
assistant director
Lester Wm. Berke
second assistant director
Art Department
Curtis Baessler
assistant props
Saul Bass
storyboard artist
Bob Bone
props
George Cook
assistant prop shop
Dave Lee
prop shop
Harold Wolf
leadman
Sound Department
William Russell
sound recordist
Waldon O. Watson
sound recordist
Robert R. Bertrand
mike technician
John Ruth
cable man
Harold Tucker
sound recordist
Special Effects
Clarence Champagne
special effects
Walter Hammond
special effects
Camera and Electrical Department
Robert Aldridge
grip: Phoenix
Jack Austin
grip: Phoenix
Eugene Barragy
key grip: Phoenix
Walter Bluemel
assistant camera: Phoenix
Robert Burkett
camera operator: Phoenix
Norman Cassidy
best boy electric
William N. Clark
second assistant camera
Eugene Cook
still photographer
Bill Craemer
still photographer
Bobby Greene
first assistant camera
Frank Harper
key grip
George H. Merhoff
gaffer
Saul Selznick
second company grip
Jim Sloan
first assistant camera
Leonard J. South
camera operator
Richard Sutton
best boy grip
Tommy Wilson
electrician
Rex Wimpy
second camera operator, director of photography: Phoenix
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Helen Colvig
costume supervisor
Theodore R. Parvin
wardrobe: men
Other Crew
Saul Bass
pictorial consultant, title designer
Virginia Boyle
stand-in
Everett W. Brown
technical advisor
John 'Bud' Cardos
bird handler
Frank da Vinci
stand-in
Myra Jones
body double: Janet Leigh
Anne Dore
double: Anthony Perkins
John Drake
stand-in: Anthony Perkins
Margo Epper
body double: Mother in shower sequence
June Gleason
stand-in: Vera Miles
Charles S. Gould
location director
Melvin Hilgenfeld
technical advisor
William T. Hurtz
director: animated titles
Myra Jones
stand-in: Janet Leigh
Richard Kindelon
stand-in
Harold Lockwood
stand-in: Martin Balsam
Paul Mathews
stand-in: John Gavin
Jim Merrick
unit publicist
Marli Renfro
shower scene double: Janet Leigh
Peggy Robertson
assistant: Mr. Hitchcock
Marshall Schlom
script supervisor
Herb Steinberg
publicity director: Paramount
Dolores Stockton
secretary: Mr. Hitchcock
Production Company
Shamley Productions
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Distributor
Paramount Pictures
,
Les Films Paramount
Paramount Film Service
Paramount
Universal Pictures
MCA Videocassette Inc.
MCA Home Video
MCA/Universal Home Video
,
Pioneer Entertainment
Universal Home Entertainment
Action Gitanes
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Universal Pictures
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Universal Studios Home Video
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Universal Pictures (Spain)
Universal Pictures
Universal Pictures Benelux
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Asociace Ceských Filmových Klubu (ACFK)
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Miscellaneous
Phoenix Film Office
special thanks
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Alfred Hitchcock filmography
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955)
Always Tell Your Wife (1923)
An Elastic Affair (1930)
Aventure malgache (1944)
Blackmail (1929)
Bon Voyage (1944)
Champagne (1928)
Dial M for Murder (1954)
Easy Virtue (1928)
Elstree Calling (1930)
Family Plot (1976)
Foreign Correspondent (1940)
Frenzy (1972)
High Anxiety (1977)
I Confess (1953)
Jamaica Inn (1939)
Marnie (1964)
Mr. & Mrs. Smith (1941)
Murder! (1930)
North by Northwest (1959)
Notorious (1946)
Number 13 (1922)
Number 17 (1932)
Psycho
Rear Window (1954)
Rebecca (1940)
Rope (1948)
Sabotage (1936)
Saboteur (1942)
Secret Agent (1936)
Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
Spellbound (1945)
Stage Fright (1950)
Strangers on a Train (1951)
Strauss' Great Waltz (1934)
Suspicion (1941)
The 39 Steps (1935)
The Birds (1963)
The Farmer's Wife (1928)
The Girl Was Young (1937)
The Lady Vanishes (1938)
The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)
The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934)
The Manxman (1929)
The Paradine Case (1947)
The Pleasure Garden (1925)
The Ring (1927)
The Shame of Mary Boyle (1930)
Psycho series
Bates Motel (1987)
Psycho
Psycho (1998)
Psycho II (1983)
Psycho III (1986)
Psycho IV: The Beginning (1990)
