Després d'haver-se apropiat de 400.000 dòlars que no li pertanyen, Marion Crane agafa el cotxe i fuig carretera enllà amb els diners. En fer-se de nit, troba el Motel Bats, un tenebrós motel on decideix passar la nit. Marion n'és l'única inquilina, i mentre és a la dutxa, una ombra estranya irromp a l'habitació i la cus a punyalades.
Genre: Horror, Thriller, Mystery
Stars: Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, Vera Miles, John Gavin, Martin Balsam, John McIntire
Crew: Joseph Hurley (Art Direction), Clarence Champagne (Special Effects), Alfred Hitchcock (Producer), George Milo (Set Decoration), John L. Russell (Director of Photography), George Tomasini (Editor)
Country: United States of America
Language: English
Studio: Shamley Productions
Runtime: 109 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Jun 22, 1960
IMDb: 2.566
Keywords:hotel, clerk, shower, arizona, motel, stolen money, taxidermy, money, secretary, corpse, murderer, theft, mental illness, private detective, missing person, psycho, voyeurism, voyeur, oedipus complex, double identity, proto-slasher, mother son relationship, birds, whodunnit, woman on the run, corruptibility, confused identities, human vulnerabilities
