Psycho

Psycho(1960)

"A new and altogether different screen excitement!"

8.4/10
10,651 votes
109 minJune 22, 1960

Overview

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.

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