And as Marion flees Phoenix on her way to Sam's home town of Fairvale, Calif., we get another favorite Hitchcock trademark, paranoia about the police. It never for a moment feels like material manufactured to mislead us. This is a completely adequate setup for a two-hour Hitchcock plot. So Marion's motive is love, and her victim is a creep. When the money appears, it's attached to a slimy real estate customer (Frank Albertson) who insinuates that for money like that, Marion might be for sale. He cannot marry her because of his alimony payments they must meet in secret. We see her first during an afternoon in a shabby hotel room with her divorced lover, Sam Loomis ( John Gavin). Marion Crane does steal $40,000, but still she fits the Hitchcock mold of an innocent to crime. The setup involves a theme that Hitchcock used again and again: The guilt of the ordinary person trapped in a criminal situation. Both of these elements work because Hitchcock devotes his full attention and skill to treating them as if they will be developed for the entire picture. That's largely because of Hitchcock's artistry in two areas that are not as obvious: The setup of the Marion Crane story, and the relationship between Marion and Norman ( Anthony Perkins). These surprises are now widely known, and yet "Psycho" continues to work as a frightening, insinuating thriller.
"It is required that you see 'Psycho' from the very beginning!" Hitchcock decreed, explaining, "the late-comers would have been waiting to see Janet Leigh after she had disappeared from the screen action." "Psycho" was promoted like a William Castle exploitation thriller. "Do not reveal the surprises!" the ads shouted, and no moviegoer could have anticipated the surprises Hitchcock had in store-the murder of Marion ( Janet Leigh), the apparent heroine, only a third of the way into the film, and the secret of Norman's mother. "You might say I was playing them, like an organ." It was the most shocking film its original audience members had ever seen. "I was directing the viewers," the director told Truffaut in their book-length interview. All is well until Colleen's dark past reveals itself and she is forced to fight for the lives of herself and her family.Yet no other Hitchcock film had a greater impact. Despite the warnings of her best friend Aimee and her husband Brad, Samantha dives head-first into her newfound relationship. After Samantha's mother passes away, grief-stricken, and pregnant, her spirits are lifted with the sudden appearance of Colleen, her long-lost grandmother, who swoops in to ease her pain and guide her through the ups and downs of pregnancy.
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