Psycho (1960) starring Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, Vera Miles. Bank employee (Leigh) steals $40,000 cash, goes on the lam. Driving west, she has a few scares from an overly inquisitive cop, then decides to stop for the night in the Bates Motel. The manager of the motel, Norman Bates (Perkins), is very friendly -- at first. This movie is actually much better than I remembered it, even though there are a few improbabilities in the plotting. It's full of tension and the occasional gotcha! type scare. The only real weak point is the exposition by the psychiatrist at the end -- strictly amateur psychology. But by then we've had our thrills. Subtitled for the hearing-impaired. Grade: B+
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