Writing credits
Robert Bloch (novel)
Joseph Stefano (screenplay)

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Genre: Horror / Thriller

Tagline: A new- and altogether different- screen excitement!!!

Plot Outline: A young female embezzeler arrives at the Bates Motel which has terrible secrets of its own. (view trailer)

User Comments: Two Words: Hitchcock's Best (...and you know that's no small feat!)

User Rating: 8.6/10 (48,543 votes) top 250: #25

Complete credited cast:
Anthony Perkins .... Norman Bates
Janet Leigh .... Marion Crane
Vera Miles .... Lila Crane
John Gavin .... Sam Loomis
Martin Balsam .... Det. Milton Arbogast
John McIntire .... Sheriff Al Chambers
Simon Oakland .... Dr. Fred Richmond
Vaughn Taylor .... George Lowery
Frank Albertson .... Tom Cassidy
Lurene Tuttle .... Eliza Chambers
Patricia Hitchcock .... Caroline (as Pat Hitchcock)
John Anderson .... Charlie
Mort Mills .... Highway Patrol officer

Also Known As:
Wimpy (1960) (USA) (fake working title)
Runtime: 109 min / Germany:108 min (cut)
Country: USA
Language: English
Color: Black and White
Sound Mix: Mono (Westrex Recording System)
Certification: Argentina:13 (re-rating) / Argentina:16 (original rating) / Australia:M / Canada:PG / Chile:18 / Finland:K-16 / France:-12 (re-release) / France:-16 / Israel:16 / Norway:15 / Norway:16 (1960) / Peru:14 / Spain:13 / Sweden:15 / Switzerland:16 (re-release) / UK:15 (video rating) (1986) / UK:X (original rating) / USA:M (original rating) / USA:R (re-rating) (1984) / West Germany:16

Trivia: In Robert Bloch's novel, Norman Bates is short, fat, older, and very dislikable. It was Hitchcock who decided to have him be young, handsome, and sympathetic. Norman is also more of a main character in the novel. The story opens with him and Mother fighting rather than following Marion from the start.