Sinopsis
Una joven secretaria, tras cometer un robo, se marcha de la ciudad y conduce durante horas, parando para descansar en un pequeño motel de carretera regentado por un joven llamado Norman. Todo parece normal y tranquilo en el apartado motel y en la casa de al lado en la que viven Norman y su madre pero, mientras está en la ducha, la joven es asesinada salvajemente a cuchilladas.
Reparto
Anthony Perkins — Norman BatesJanet Leigh — Marion CraneVera Miles — Lila CraneJohn Gavin — Sam LoomisMartin Balsam — Private Det. Milton ArbogastJohn McIntire — Sheriff Al ChambersSimon Oakland — Dr. Fred RichmanFrank Albertson — Tom CassidyPatricia Hitchcock — CarolineVaughn Taylor — George LoweryLurene Tuttle — Mrs. ChambersJohn Anderson — California CharlieMort Mills — Highway Patrol OfficerFletcher Allen — Policeman on Steps (uncredited)Walter Bacon — Church Member (uncredited)Kit Carson — Extra (uncredited)Francis De Sales — Deputy District Attorney Alan Deats (uncredited)George Dockstader — Extra (uncredited)George Eldredge — Police Chief James Mitchell (uncredited)Harper Flaherty — Extra (uncredited)Sam Flint — County Sheriff (uncredited)Virginia Gregg — Norma Bates (voice) (uncredited)Alfred Hitchcock — Man Outside Office (uncredited)Paul Jasmin — Norma Bates (voice) (uncredited)Lee Kass — Extra (uncredited)Frank Killmond — Bob Summerfield (uncredited)Ted Knight — Policeman in Hallway Opening Door (uncredited)Pat McCaffrie — Police Guard (uncredited)Hans Moebus — Passerby on Sidewalk (uncredited)Jeanette Nolan — Norma Bates (voice) (uncredited)Lillian O'Malley — Extra (uncredited)Robert Osborne — Man (uncredited)Fred Scheiwiller — Extra (uncredited)Helen Wallace — Hardware Store Customer (uncredited)