
Release Date
March 8, 1960
Director
Alfred Hitchcock
Writer
Robert Bloch, Joseph Stefano
Cast
Anthony Perkins, Vera Miles, John Gavin, Martin Balsam, John McIntire, Simon Oakland, Vaughn Taylor, Frank Albertson, Lurene Tuttle, Patricia Hitchcock, John Anderson, Mort Mills, Janet Leigh
Studio
Running Time
109 minutes
MPA Rating
Rated R for terror
The Bates Hotel sits quietly off the beaten track, occasionally bringing in a customer or two. The rooms, the lot, and the old house that overlooks the hotel are maintained by a single man, Norman Bates. Norman bates is a friendly man but deprived of a life; his whole existence is around the hotel. He's lonely in the large, old home and when visitors come, especially young women, he is more than delighted to make... Full synopsis »
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