109 mins |
Rated
M (Violence, offensive language & content that may disturb.)
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Starring Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, Vera Miles, Martin Balsam, John Gavin, John McIntire
Playing as part of Academy's Alfred Hitchcock Retrospective Nov 9th - 22nd.
Special Friday 13th screening!
Encore afternoon screening Mon 16th November.
'Phoenix secretary Marion Crane (Janet Leigh), on the lam after stealing $40,000 from her employer in order to run away with her boyfriend, Sam Loomis (John Gavin), is overcome by exhaustion during a heavy rainstorm. Traveling on the back roads to avoid the police, she stops for the night at the ramshackle Bates Motel and meets the polite but highly strung proprietor Norman Bates (Anthony Perkins), a young man with an interest in taxidermy and a difficult relationship with his mother.'
"Timeless classic. Superb performances and the infamous shower scene make this the perfect nightmare." [David Parkinson / Empire]
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Playing as part of Academy's Alfred Hitchcock Retrospective Nov 9th - 22nd.
Special Friday 13th screening!
Encore afternoon screening Mon 16th November.
'Phoenix secretary Marion Crane (Janet Leigh), on the lam after stealing $40,000 from her employer in order to run away with her boyfriend, Sam Loomis (John Gavin), is overcome by exhaustion during a heavy rainstorm. Traveling on the back roads to avoid the police, she stops for the night at the ramshackle Bates Motel and meets the polite but highly strung proprietor Norman Bates (Anthony Perkins), a young man with an interest in taxidermy and a difficult relationship with his mother.'
"Timeless classic. Superb performances and the infamous shower scene make this the perfect nightmare." [David Parkinson / Empire]