• Director(s)

    Alfred Hitchcock

  • Production Year

    1960

  • Genre(s)

    Horror

  • Approx. running minutes

    104m

  • Cast

    Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, Vera Miles, John Gavin, Martin Balsam, John McIntire, Simon Oakland, Vaughn Taylor, Frank Albertson, Lurene Tuttle, Patricia Hitchcock, John Anderson, Mort Mills, Francis De Sales, George Eldredge, Sam Flint, Virginia Gregg (voice), Alfred Hitchcock, Paul Jasmin (voice), Frank Killmond, Ted Knight, Jeanette Nolan (voice), Helen Wallace

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Film

Psycho

strong violence

A Phoenix secretary embezzles forty thousand dollars from her employer's client, goes on the run, and checks into a remote motel run by a young man under the domination of his mother.…

A Phoenix secretary embezzles forty thousand dollars from her employer's client, goes on the run, and checks into a remote motel run by a young man under the domination of his mother.

violence
A woman is repeatedly stabbed whilst showering, and there is strong impact and bloody injury detail. A man is also stabbed, and blood is visible across his face.
threat and horror
There are several sequences of strong and sustained threat. In one scene, a man begins to climb a staircase and is suddenly attacked by another character holding a knife.

  • Director(s)

    Alfred Hitchcock

  • Production Year

    1960

  • Genre(s)

    Horror

  • Approx. running minutes

    104m

  • Cast

    Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, Vera Miles, John Gavin, Martin Balsam, John McIntire, Simon Oakland, Vaughn Taylor, Frank Albertson, Lurene Tuttle, Patricia Hitchcock, John Anderson, Mort Mills, Francis De Sales, George Eldredge, Sam Flint, Virginia Gregg (voice), Alfred Hitchcock, Paul Jasmin (voice), Frank Killmond, Ted Knight, Jeanette Nolan (voice), Helen Wallace

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One or more of the releases in this collection was cut.

Passed '15' for scenes of Gothic horror, terror and murder (black and white).
Classified Date:
02/06/1998
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Artificial Eye Film Co. Ltd
Classified Date:
17/06/1960
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Paramount Film Service Ltd
Cuts:
This content received cuts or alterations as part of the classification process.
strong violence
Classified Date:
15/10/1999
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Columbia/Tri-Star Home Video
violence
A woman is repeatedly stabbed whilst showering, and there is strong impact and bloody injury detail. A man is also stabbed, and blood is visible across his face.
threat and horror
There are several sequences of strong and sustained threat. In one scene, a man begins to climb a staircase and is suddenly attacked by another character holding a knife.
Classified Date:
02/03/2010
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Universal Pictures Int (UK)
Classified Date:
11/06/2003
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Universal Pictures (UK) Ltd
Classified Date:
06/06/2003
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Universal Pictures (UK) Ltd
Paperwork Remarks:
Original theatrical trailers
Classified Date:
05/08/1999
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Universal Pictures (UK)
Classified Date:
01/07/1998
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Artificial Eye Film Co. Ltd
Classified Date:
11/01/1996
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
CIC Video

  • Classified date

    15/10/1999

  • BBFC reference

    BVF005782

  • Language

    English

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