Tri-State Defender (20/Aug/1960) - Picture Is Rated Hitchcock's Best

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Picture Is Rated Hitchcock's Best

'Psycho' that opened at Tivoli and Regal Friday is the last word in Alfred Hitchcock hair raises.

The mastery film maker seems to reach ever higher pinnacles of accomplishments with every motion picture he produces and directs. He may never top "Psycho," however.

Starring Anthony Perkins, Vera Miles and John Gavin and co-starring Martin Balsam, John McIntire and Janet Leigh as Marion Crane, "Psycho" sets new records for suspense, drama and sheer terror. The story is based on an Inner Sanctum mystery novel and concerns the events that follow when a young woman (Janet Leigh) steals a fortune that will make it possible for her to marry the man she loves (John Gavin). As she flees to take him the money, she meets Anthony Perkins, a sensitive, brilliant young fellow who has been too long under the domination of his mother.

Vera Miles portrays Janet's devoted sister who cannot believe her guilty of the theft and who believes, when she disappears, that there must be some other explanation for it. She goes to Janet's lover who knows nothing at all about the missing money, and together they set out to find her. Involved in the search is Martin Balsam as a private investigator, and John McIntire who plays a slow-moving, easy-going sheriff.

Since your full enjoyment of "Psycho" depends upon the many surprise twists, this column will not reveal any of them. Suffice it to say that they all contribute to making this a whopper of a motion picture.