Synopsis
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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Director & Writers
Alfred Hitchcock
Director
Robert Bloch
Novel
Joseph Stefano
Screenplay
Cast
Janet Leigh
Marion Crane
Vera Miles
Lila Crane
John Gavin
Sam Loomis
Martin Balsam
Milton Arbogast
John McIntire
Al Chambers
Simon Oakland
Fred Richman
Frank Albertson
Tom Cassidy
Patricia Hitchcock
Caroline
Vaughn Taylor
George Lowery
Anthony Perkins
Norman Bates
