Psycho

In the Top 5 of The American Film Institute’s 25 Greatest Film Scores Of All Time

In the Top 20 of The American Film Institute’s Top 100 Greatest American Films Of All Time

No. 1 on The American Film Institute’s 100 Most Thrilling American Films

"Well, a boy's best friend is his mother."

Thanks to Bernard Herrmann’s remarkably inventive strings-only composition, The American Film Institute has ranked the ferocious musical driving force of “Psycho” in the Top 5 Greatest Film Scores Of All Time. With a live orchestra underscoring the emotional tension of the soul-searing plot, the audience will understand fully why the American Film Institute includes “Psycho” in the Top 20 Greatest American Films Of All Time.

Program Information

Film Credits

Cast
Anthony Perkins — Norman Bates
Vera Miles — Lila Crane
John Gavin — Sam Loomis
Martin Balsam — Milton Arbogast
John — Deputy Sheriff Al Chambers
Simon Oakland — Dr. Fred Richmond
Vaughn Taylor — George Lowery
Frank Albertson — Tom Cassidy
Lurene Tuttle — Mrs. Chambers
Patricia Hitchcock — Caroline (as Pat Hitchcock)
John Anderson — California Charlie
Mort Mills — Highway Patrol Officer
Janet Leigh — Marion Crane