A real Hitchcock masterpiece...

Rating: Null/10 (3 July 2000)

I was only 14 in 1960 when this movie came out, and after 40 years I finally saw it! A true Hitchcock masterpiece. You may not like the story - a pretty young woman steals $40,000 from a client and is murdered just as she decides to return the money - but you gotta like the ensuing drama and detective work. I like the way the detective ties up all the loose ends with a narrative, so you don't have to guess what actually went on in Norman Bates' deranged mind. Black-and-white photography never worked so well.