

By the time Marion returns to the road, there is a heavy rainstorm which prompts her to spend the night at the Bates Motel rather than drive in the rain. When she trades her car for another one at a car dealership, he notes the new vehicle's details. A highway patrol officer awakens her and, suspicious of her agitated state, he begins to follow her. En route to Sam's California home, she parks along the road to sleep. In need of money to marry her lover Sam Loomis ( John Gavin), Phoenix secretary Marion Crane ( Janet Leigh) steals $40,000 from one of her employer's clients and flees in her car. 7.1 Subversion of romance through irony.In 1992, the film was selected to be preserved by the Library of Congress at the National Film Registry.
PSYCHO 1998 SHOWER SCENE MOVIE
The film spawned two sequels, a prequel, a remake, and a television movie spin-off. Psycho is now considered one of Hitchcock's best films and is highly praised as a work of cinematic art by international critics. Psycho initially received mixed reviews, but outstanding box office returns prompted a re-review which was overwhelmingly positive and led to four Academy Award nominations. The film depicts the encounter between a secretary, Marion Crane (Leigh), hiding at a secluded motel after embezzling money from her employer, and the motel's disturbed owner and manager, Norman Bates (Perkins), and the aftermath of their encounter. The novel was loosely inspired by the crimes of Wisconsin murderer and grave robber Ed Gein, who lived just 40 miles from Bloch. The film is based on the screenplay by Joseph Stefano, who adapted it from the 1959 novel of the same name by Robert Bloch. Psycho is a 1960 American suspense/psychological thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Janet Leigh and Anthony Perkins. For the 1998 remake, see Psycho (1998 film). For other films using this title, see Psycho.
