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Psycho

1960
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Peeping Toms, Money, Shyness, Stabbings, Small town life, Sisters, Female impersonation, Murder, Corpses, Police

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Cast: Anthony Perkins, Vera Miles, John Gavin
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Writer: Joseph Stefano
Cinematographer: John L. Russell
Editor: George Tomasini
Production Designers: Joseph Hurley , Robert Clatworthy
Production Company: Shamley Productions, Inc.

Alfred Hitchcock, the “Master of Suspense,” never won an Oscar® from his five nominations—one of the greatest oversights in Oscar®history, according to Robert Osborne. PSYCHO (1960) marked Hitchcock’s final nomination, and one of his most popular films. When Paramount passed on the project, fearing it was too gory to attract audiences, Hitchcock financed the film himself and reaped the rewards… Learn more at the AFI Catalog

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