It has been praised as a major work of cinematic art by international film critics and scholars due to its slick direction, tense atmosphere, impressive camerawork, a memorable score and iconic performances. Psycho is now considered one of Hitchcock's best films, and is arguably his most famous work. Psycho was nominated for four Academy Awards, including Best Supporting Actress for Leigh and Best Director for Hitchcock. The film was initially considered controversial and received mixed reviews, but audience interest and outstanding box-office returns prompted a major critical re-evaluation.

Psycho was seen as a departure from Hitchcock's previous film North by Northwest, as it was filmed on a lower budget in black-and-white by the crew of his television series Alfred Hitchcock Presents.

The plot centers on an encounter between on-the-run embezzler Marion Crane (Leigh) and shy motel proprietor Norman Bates (Perkins) and its aftermath, in which a private investigator (Balsam), Marion's lover Sam Loomis (Gavin), and her sister Lila (Miles) investigate the cause of her disappearance. The film stars Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, Vera Miles, John Gavin and Martin Balsam. It is a film adaptation of the 1959 novel of the same name by Robert Bloch. Psycho is a 1960 American psychological horror thriller film produced and directed by Alfred Hitchcock and written by Joseph Stefano.

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