Hitchcock

“Behind every Psycho is a great woman.”

6.6(1,616)20121h 38m

Drama

Following his great success with "North by Northwest," director Alfred Hitchcock makes a daring choice for his next project: an adaptation of Robert Bloch's novel "Psycho." When the studio refuses to back the picture, Hitchcock decides to pay for it himself in exchange for a percentage of the profits. His wife, Alma Reville, has serious reservations about the film but supports him nonetheless. Still, the production strains the couple's marriage.

Director

Sacha Gervasi

Budget

$15.7M

Revenue

$27.0M

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Cast

Anthony Hopkins

Alfred Hitchcock

Helen Mirren

Alma Reville

Scarlett Johansson

Janet Leigh

Danny Huston

Whitfield Cook

Toni Collette

Peggy Robertson

Michael Stuhlbarg

Lew Wasserman

Michael Wincott

Ed Gein

Jessica Biel

Vera Miles

James D'Arcy

Anthony Perkins

Richard Portnow

Barney Balaban

Kurtwood Smith

Geoffrey Shurlock

Ralph Macchio

Joseph Stefano

Reviews

1 review

FarSky

12y ago

Good evening. Our film tonight is about a man obsessed with murder. It is a tale of violence, of lies and deceit, of envy and greed. It is, naturally, a love story. In the year 1960, the film Psycho burst onto theatre screens, beginning one of the greatest decades of change in American cinema with shrieking violins and a blood-curdling scream. The man behind the movie, director extraordinaire A...