A secretary on the run for embezzlement takes refuge at a secluded California motel owned by a repressed man and his overbearing mother.A secretary on the run for embezzlement takes refuge at a secluded California motel owned by a repressed man and his overbearing mother.A secretary on the run for embezzlement takes refuge at a secluded California motel owned by a repressed man and his overbearing mother.
- Nominated for 4 Oscars
- 8 wins & 14 nominations total
- Caroline
- (as Pat Hitchcock)
- Policeman on Steps
- (uncredited)
- Church Member
- (uncredited)
- Extra
- (uncredited)
- Extra
- (uncredited)
- Congregation Member
- (uncredited)
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'Psycho' Scenes: Watch the Mashup
'Psycho' Scenes: Watch the Mashup
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaWhen the cast and crew began work on the first day, they had to raise their right hands and swear an oath not to divulge one word of the story. Alfred Hitchcock also withheld the ending part of the script from his cast until he needed to shoot it.
- GoofsWhen Lila approaches Mother in the fruit cellar, Mrs. Bates is seated in a four-legged chair. After Lila touches the corpse, it slowly spins around as if it's sitting on a swiveling chair. The effect was achieved by a prop man lying on his back rotating a camera head with wheels underneath Mother.
- Quotes
[last lines]
Norma Bates: [voiceover in police custody, as Norman is thinking] It's sad, when a mother has to speak the words that condemn her own son. But I couldn't allow them to believe that I would commit murder. They'll put him away now, as I should have years ago. He was always bad, and in the end he intended to tell them I killed those girls and that man... as if I could do anything but just sit and stare, like one of his stuffed birds. They know I can't move a finger, and I won't. I'll just sit here and be quiet, just in case they do... suspect me. They're probably watching me. Well, let them. Let them see what kind of a person I am. I'm not even going to swat that fly. I hope they are watching... they'll see. They'll see and they'll know, and they'll say, "Why, she wouldn't even harm a fly..."
- Crazy creditsThe opening credits appear in a montage of horizontal/vertical bars moving across the screen.
- Alternate versionsOn the Universal DVD, Norman can be heard (not seen) screaming "I'm Norma Bates!" as Sam Loomis rushes in to stop him from murdering Lila. The scream is not present in at least some release prints.
- ConnectionsEdited into Psycho II (1983)
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- Jul 26, 2009
Details
- Release date
- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho
- Filming locations
- Psycho House and Bates Motel, Backlot Universal Studios, Universal City, California, USA(exterior of Bates Motel and house)
- Production companies
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Box office
- Budget
- $806,947 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $32,000,000
- Gross worldwide
- $32,061,457
- Runtime1 hour 49 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1(original & negative ratio, open matte)