On this day in movie history - Psycho (1960)

Psycho

directed by Alfred Hitchcock,

written by Joseph Stefano,

based on the novel by Robert Bloch,

was released in the United States, on June 16, 1960.

Music by Bernard Herrmann.

Inspired by the true 1957 Ed Gein murder case.

Cast:

Anthony Perkins, Vera Miles, Janet Leigh, John Gavin, Martin Balsam, John McIntire, Simon Oakland, Frank Albertson, Pat Hitchcock, Vaughn Taylor, Lurene Tuttle, John Anderson, Mort Mills, Virginia Gregg, Paul Jasmin, Jeanette Nolan.

Born on this day – Erich Segal:

 

Writer

June 16, 1937 – January 17, 2010

Credits:

A Change of Seasons (1980); A Ilha (1990); Apostrophes (1977–1980); Arrivederci Roma (1990); Carnaval (1990); Coup de foudre (1990–1992); Damals war's (2023); Dinah! (1980); Donahue (1972); E:60 (2022); Fire on the Track: The Steve Prefontaine Story (1995); In at the Deep End (1982); Inspiration (1991); Jennifer on My Mind (1971); Life with Linkletter (1970); Love (2008); Love Story (1970); Love Story: Musical (2016); Man, Woman and Child (1983); NET Journal (1966); Oliver's Story (1978); Only Love (1998); Pas de deux (1990); Puerto Verde (1990); R.P.M. (1970); Ransom (1990); Sing! Sesame Street Remembers Joe Raposo and His Music (1990); Sunday Pursuit (1990); The David Frost Show (1970–1971); The Dick Cavett Show (1970); The Games (1970); The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour (1971); The Merv Griffin Show (1970–1973); The Mike Douglas Show (1970–1977); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1970–1980); The Write Stuff (1989); Today (1980); Without Apparent Motive (1971); Yellow Submarine (1968); Yellow Submarine: Interviews (1999).

Born on this day – Fred Karlin:

 

Composer

Writer

June 16, 1936 – March 26, 2004

Credits:

A Place to Call Home (1987); A Time for Miracles (1980); ABC Weekend Specials (1984); Alexander: The Other Side of Dawn (1977); And Baby Makes Six (1979); ...and Your Name Is Jonah (1979); Baby Blue Marine (1976); Baby Comes Home (1980); Baby Sister (1983); Baby Songs Presents: Baby Rock (1991); Bad Ronald (1974); Believe in Me (1971); Billy: Portrait of a Street Kid (1977); Bitter Harvest (1981); Blind Ambition (1979); Born Innocent (1974); Bridge to Silence (1989); Broken Promise (1981); Buck's Birthday (1977); Bud and Lou (1978); Calamity Jane (1984); California Dreaming (1979); Carpenters Very First Television Special (1976); Catalina C-Lab (1982); CBS Schoolbreak Special (1990); Celebration Family (1987); Chosen Survivors (1974); Christmas Miracle in Caufield, U.S.A. (1977); Çildirtan Kadin (1979); Close to You: Remembering the Carpenters (1997); Cloud Dancer (1980); Cover Me Babe (1970); Cybill (1995); Dadah Is Death (1988); Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway (1976); Deadly Encounter (1982); Deadman's Curve (1978); Death Be Not Proud (1975); Desperate Rescue: The Cathy Mahone Story (1993); Dream West (1986); E! True Hollywood Story (1997); Every Little Crook and Nanny (1972); Fear Stalk (1989); Fighting Back: The Story of Rocky Bleier (1980); Film Music Masters: Jerry Goldsmith (1995); Final Jeopardy (1985); Forever (1978); Friends (1979); Full House (1983); Futureworld (1976); Goodnight Jackie (1974); Greased Lightning (1977); Green Eyes (1977); Hardesty House (1986); Having Babies (1978–1979); Having Babies II (1977); Her Wicked Ways (1991); Hollywood: The Gift of Laughter (1982); Homeward Bound (1980); Hostage Flight (1985); Ike: The War Years (1979); In Defense of Kids (1983); Inside the Third Reich (1982); Inspector Perez (1983); Intimate Strangers (1977); It Couldn't Happen to a Nicer Guy (1974); Jacqueline Susann's Valley of the Dolls (1981); Jessica Novak (1981); Joe Panther (1976); Just Me and You (1978); Kaz (1978); Kids Don't Tell (1985); Kiss Meets the Phantom of the Park (1978); Labor of Love: The Arlette Schweitzer Story (1993); Lady Mobster (1988); Lady of the House (1978); Lawman Without a Gun (1978); Leadbelly (1976); Leave Yesterday Behind (1978); Licorice Pizza (2021); Life Goes to the Movies (1976); Life Goes to War: Hollywood and the Home Front (1977); Long Journey Back (1978); Lost Treasure of Dos Santos (1997); Love Leads the Way: A True Story (1984); Lovers and Other Strangers (1970 / 1983); Loving Couples (1980); Lucan (1977); Made (1972); Man from Atlantis (1977–1978); Marriage Is Alive and Well (1980); Mastermind (1976); McLaren's Riders (1977); Mean Dog Blues (1978); Minstrel Man (1977); Miracle on Ice (1981); Missing Children: A Mother's Story (1982); Mixed Company (1974); Mom, the Wolfman and Me (1980); More Than Friends (1978); Mr. and Mrs. Bo Jo Jones (1971); Murder C.O.D. (1990); My Kidnapper, My Love (1980); Night Partners (1983); Not in Front of the Children (1982); Off the Rack (1984); Once Upon a Family (1980); One Cooks, the Other Doesn't (1983); Paris (1979–1980); Policewoman Centerfold (1983); Punch and Jody (1974); Ravagers (1979); Robert Kennedy and His Times (1985); Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (1978); Samurai (1979); Sex and the Single Parent (1979); Sophia Loren: Her Own Story (1980); Strangers: The Story of a Mother and Daughter (1979); Strawberry Road (1991); Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story (1987); Survive the Savage Sea (1992); The 42nd Annual Academy Awards (1970); The 43rd Annual Academy Awards (1971); The 45th Annual Academy Awards (1973); The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman (1974); The Awakening Land (1978); The Baby Maker (1970); The Brady Bunch Variety Hour (1977); The Death of Richie (1977); The Dion Brothers (1974); The Dream Makers (1975); The Facts of Life Down Under (1987); The First Time (1982); The Five of Me (1981); The Gift of Love (1978); The Gift of Love: A Christmas Story (1983); The Girl Called Hatter Fox (1977); The Great Los Angeles Earthquake (1990); The Hostage Heart (1977); The Karen Carpenter Story (1989); The Larry Sanders Show (1995); The Last Giraffe (1979); The Last Prostitute (1991); The Life and Assassination of the Kingfish (1977); The Little Ark (1972); The Making of 'High Noon' (1992); The Man Who Could Talk to Kids (1973); The Marriage of a Young Stockbroker (1971); The Marva Collins Story (1981); The Midnight Special (1980); The Pest (1997); The Plutonium Incident (1980); The Secret (1992); The Secret War of Jackie's Girls (1980); The Simpsons (2014); The Special London Bridge Special (1972); The Spikes Gang (1974); The Stalking Moon (1968); The Sterile Cuckoo (1969); The Take (1974); The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald (1977); The Wide World of Mystery (1973); The World Beyond (1978); The World of Darkness (1977); They Said It with Music: Yankee Doodle to Ragtime (1977); Thornwell (1981); Topper (1979); Transplant (1979); Up the Down Staircase (1967); Vampire (1979); Vasectomy: A Delicate Matter (1986); Virgin Snow (1976); Walking Through the Fire (1979); Wanted: The Sundance Woman (1976); We're Fighting Back (1981); Westworld (1973); What Price Victory (1988); White Palace (1990); Who'll Save Our Children? (1978); Wishman (1983); Woman of the Year (1976); Yours, Mine and Ours (1968).

Born on this day – Faith Domergue:

 

Actress

June 16, 1924 – April 4, 1999

Credits:

77 Sunset Strip (1961); Amore grande, amore libero (1976); Blues in the Night (1941); Bonanza (1961–1964); Bourbon Street Beat (1959); Bronco (1960); California (1963); Celebrity Playhouse (1955); Cheyenne (1959); Colt .45 (1960); Combat! (1966); Cult of the Cobra (1955); Dancing in a Harem (1941); Elvira's Movie Macabre (1982); Escort West (1959); Fireside Theatre (1954); Garrison's Gorillas (1968); General Electric Theater (1954); Hardly a Criminal (1949); Have Gun - Will Travel (1962–1963); Hawaiian Eye (1959–1961); Here's Hollywood (1961); Il cielo brucia (1958); It Came from Beneath the Sea (1955); Lo stato d'assedio (1969); Lock Up (1961); Lux Video Theatre (1953–1954); Michael Shayne (1960); Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie (1996); One on Top of the Other (1969); Overseas Press Club - Exclusive! (1957); Perry Mason (1961–1963); Rogue for Hire (1960); Santa Fe Passage (1955); Schlitz Playhouse (1954–1958); So Evil, My Sister (1974); Spin a Dark Web (1956); State Trooper (1959); Sugarfoot (1959); Svengoolie (1997); Tales of Wells Fargo (1961); The Atomic Man (1955); The Count of Monte Cristo (1956); The Duel at Silver Creek (1952); The Ford Television Theatre (1954); The Gamblers (1970); The Great Sioux Uprising (1953); The Horror Show (1979); The House of Seven Corpses (1974); The Man with Icy Eyes (1971); The Revlon Mirror Theater (1953); The Tall Man (1961); This Is My Love (1954); This Island Earth (1955); Track of Thunder (1967); Vendetta (1950); Violent Stranger (1957); Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet (1965); War of the Planets (1958); Where Danger Lives (1950); Will to Die (1971); Young Widow (1946).

Born on this day – Frances Rafferty:

Actress

Dancer

June 16, 1922 – April 18, 2004

Credits:

Alcoa Premiere (1963); Alcoa Theatre (1958); An Old-Fashioned Girl (1949); Bad Bascomb (1946); Barbary Coast Gent (1944); Big Town (1952); Broadway Rhythm (1944); Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood (1945); Campbell Summer Soundstage (1952); Cavalcade of America (1954); Chevron Theatre (1952); Crown Theatre with Gloria Swanson (1955); Curley (1947); Dangerous Assignment (1952); Dave and Charley (1953); December Bride (1954–1959); Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case (1943); Dragnet (1953–1954); Dragon Seed (1944); Fingers at the Window (1942); Fireside Theatre (1954); Four Star Playhouse (1953–1954); General Electric Summer Originals (1956); General Electric Theater (1953); Girl Crazy (1943); Half Nelson (1985); Hitler's Madman (1943); Hollywood Opening Night (1951); Lady at Midnight (1948); Lassie (1957); Lost Honeymoon (1947); Lou Costello in Hollywood (1945); Matinee Theatre (1956); Money Madness (1948); Mrs. Parkington (1944); My Three Sons (1964); Mystery Is My Business (1954–1957); Oboler Comedy Theatre (1949); Perry Mason (1961–1963); Personalities (1942); Pete and Gladys (1962); Pilot #5 (1943); Presenting Lily Mars (1943); Public Defender (1954–1955); Racket Squad (1952–1953); Rodeo (1952); Schlitz Playhouse (1952–1955); Seven Sweethearts (1942); Slightly Dangerous (1943); Stage 7 (1955); Stars Over Hollywood (1950); Swing Shift Maisie (1943); The Adventures of Don Coyote (1947); The Hal Roach Comedy Carnival (1947); The Hidden Eye (1945); The Lone Wolf (1954); The Magical World of Disney (1959–1960); The Millionaire (1956); The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (1953–1954); The Shanghai Story (1954); The Streets of San Francisco (1975–1977); The War Against Mrs. Hadley (1942); Thousands Cheer (1943); Topper (1954); Treasury Men in Action (1952–1955); Twenty Years After (1944); Wings of Chance (1961); Young Ideas (1943); Your Favorite Story (1953); Your Jeweler's Showcase (1953).

Born on this day – Sidney Salkow:

 

Director

Writer

June 16, 1911 – October 18, 2000

Credits:

77 Sunset Strip (1958); Along the Mohawk Trail (1957); Ang Vengador (1948); Behind the Mike (1937); Blood on the Arrow (1964); Bronco (1962); Bulldog Drummond at Bay (1947); Cafe Hostess (1940); Casey Jones (1957); Cavalcade of America (1953–1954); Chicago Confidential (1957); City Without Men (1943); Come on, Leathernecks! (1938); Crusader (1956); Death Valley Days (1962–1964); Durango (1957); Ernestine (1962); Exclusive (1937); Faithful in My Fashion (1946); Fighting Thoroughbreds (1939); Flight at Midnight (1939); Flight Lieutenant (1942); Flirtation (1934); Four Days Wonder (1936); From Hell to Heaven (1933); Fury (1956–1958); General Electric Theater (1953); Girl from God's Country (1940); Girl Overboard (1937); Gun Brothers (1956); Hawaiian Eye (1961); Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans (1957); Jack McCall, Desperado (1953); Karen (1964); La rivale dell'imperatrice (1951); La strada buia (1950); Lady Be Careful (1936); Las Vegas Shakedown (1955); Lassie (1954–1955); Maverick (1962); Michael Shayne (1961); Mike Hammer (1959); Millie's Daughter (1947); Murder with Pictures (1936); Overland Trail (1960); Prince of Pirates (1953); Prison Nurse (1938); Raiders of the Seven Seas (1953); Rhythm on the Range (1936); Robbers' Roost (1955); Scarlet Angel (1952); Shadow of the Eagle (1950); She Married a Cop (1939); Shotgun Slade (1959–1960); Simon Lash: The Black Book (1960); Sitting Bull (1954); Soldiers of Fortune (1955–1956); State Trooper (1957–1959); Storm Over Bengal (1938); Street of Missing Men (1939); Supernatural (1933); Surfside 6 (1961–1962); Sword of the Avenger (1948); Tales of Wells Fargo (1957–1960); That's My Story! (1937); The Addams Family (1965–1966); The Admiral Was a Lady (1950); The Adventures of Martin Eden (1942); The Big Night (1960); The Boy from Stalingrad (1943); The Comedy Spot (1962); The Count of Monte Cristo (1956); The Golden Hawk (1952); The Great Sioux Massacre (1965); The Iron Sheriff (1957); The Jim Backus Show (1961); The Last Man on Earth (1964); The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1960–1961); The Lone Wolf Meets a Lady (1940); The Lone Wolf Strikes (1940); The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance (1941); The Long Rifle and the Tomahawk (1964); The Murder Game (1965); The Night Hawk (1938); The Pathfinder (1952); The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (1955); The Quick Gun (1964); The Roaring 20's (1961); The Toughest Man Alive (1955); The Zero Hour (1939); This Is Alice (1958); Tillie the Toiler (1941); Time Out for Rhythm (1941); Twice-Told Tales (1963); Woman Doctor (1939); Your Jeweler's Showcase (1952–1953).

Born on this day – William K. Howard:

 

Director

Writer

Producer

June 16, 1899 – February 21, 1954

Credits:

A Guy Could Change (1946); A Ship Comes In (1928); Bachelor Brides (1926); Back Door to Heaven (1939); Bullets for O'Hara (1941); Captain Fly-by-Night (1922); Christina (1929); Code of the West (1925); Danger Ahead (1923); Deserted at the Altar (1922); Dillinger (1945); Don't Bet on Women (1931); East of Broadway (1924); Evelyn Prentice (1934); Extra! Extra! (1922); Fire Over England (1937); Get Your Man (1921); Gigolo (1926); Good Intentions (1930); Johnny Come Lately (1943); Klondike Fury (1942); Knute Rockne All American (1940); Let's Go (1923); Love, Live and Laugh (1929); Lucky Dan (1922); Mary Burns, Fugitive (1935); Money and the Woman (1940); Murder on Diamond Row (1937); Over the Moon (1939); Play Square (1921); Red Dice (1926); Rendezvous (1935); Round the Film Studios (1937); Scotland Yard (1930); Sherlock Holmes (1932); Sin Town (1929); Surrender (1931); The Adorable Savage (1920); The Border Legion (1924); The Cat and the Fiddle (1934); The Crusader (1922); The First Year (1932); The Fourth Musketeer (1923); The Green Cockatoo (1937); The Light of Western Stars (1925); The Main Event (1927); The One-Man Trail (1921); The Power and the Glory (1933); The Princess Comes Across (1936); The River Pirate (1928); The Thundering Herd (1925); The Trial of Vivienne Ware (1932); The Valiant (1929); This Side of Heaven (1934); 'Til We Meet Again (1940); Top Gun Academy: The Real Story (1997); Transatlantic (1931); Trooper O'Neill (1922); Vanessa, Her Love Story (1935); Volcano (1926); What Love Will Do (1921); When the Lights Go on Again (1944); White Gold (1927).