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Psycho(Movie, 1960)

FSK: 18+ years
| 1h 49min | Genres: Horror, Drama, Thriller
PsychoRating: 4.2/5 (with 47034,703 votes)
Psycho is a 1960 American horror film produced and directed by Alfred Hitchcock. The screenplay, written by Joseph Stefano, was based on the 1959 novel of the same name by Robert Bloch. The film stars Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, Vera Miles, John Gavin and Martin Balsam. The plot centers on an encounter between on-the-run embezzler Marion Crane (Leigh) and shy motel proprietor Norman Bates (Perkins) and its aftermath, in which a private investigator (Balsam), Marion's lover Sam Loomis (Gavin), and her sister Lila (Miles) investigate her disappearance. Psycho was seen as a departure from Hitchcock's previous film North by Northwest, as it was filmed on a small budget in black-and-white by the crew of his television series Alf..."> ()
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"Psycho" is currently available on 2 providers. Psycho can be rented on Amazon Instant Video and Apple / iTunes Store (SD/HD/4K) or purchased on Amazon Instant Video and Apple / iTunes Store (as a download from the website or as a Blu-ray Disc/DVD).

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Awards & Nominations for Psycho

Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress Academy Award for Best Director Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Black-And-White Academy Award for Best Art Direction, Black and White

About Psycho

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.

Trailer for Psycho + Featurettes/Teaser/Clips

Official Reissue Trailer(Trailer, 1:32)

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Additional Information

Production country: United States of America (USA)
Plays in: Arizona, California
Based on the work of: Robert Bloch ("Psycho")
Derivative works/Adaptions: "Bates Motel" (TV show/series, 2013-)
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: English (EN)
Translated into 35 languages: Arabic (AR), Bulgarian (BG), Catalan (CA), Czech (CS), Danish (DA), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), Estonian (ET), Persian (FA), Finnish (FI), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Croatian (HR), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Georgian (KA), Korean (KO), Lithuanian (LT), Dutch (NL), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Romanian (RO), Russian (RU), Slovak (SK), Slovenian (SL), Serbian (SR), Swedish (SV), Thai (TH), Turkish (TR), Ukrainian (UK), Vietnamese (VI), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Released
Release date DE: 10/07/1960 (World premiere: 06/22/1960)
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"Psicosis"
"Psychose"
"사이코"
"Психоз"
"驚魂記"
Budget: 806,947 USD
Revenue: 32,000,000 USD (= 3,966%)
Color: Black & White (B/W)

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Other movies with this title: Psycho (1997), Psycho (US, 1998), Psycho (RU/UA, 2007), Psycho (IN, 2020), Psycho (SA, 2022)

WatchPlayStream ID: MOVIES:3190, Added: 02/14/2018, Last updated: 03/24/2024