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Everything About Fiction You Never Wanted to Know.
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* [[Directed by Cast Member]]: Anthony Perkins directed the third movie.
* [[Directed by Cast Member]]: Anthony Perkins directed the third movie.
* [[Doing It for the Art]]: Hitchcock went to a ''lot'' of trouble to try and avoid the film's twists being revealed. Most notably, he went about buying up copies of the source novel out of his own pocket.
* [[Doing It for the Art]]: Hitchcock went to a ''lot'' of trouble to try and avoid the film's twists being revealed. Most notably, he went about buying up copies of the source novel out of his own pocket.
* [[Enforced Method Acting]]: Hitchcock allowed both Perkins and Leigh to improvise their roles as long as it didn't involve moving the camera. Norman's habit of munching candy is an example. Same goes for Janet Leigh.
* [[Hey, It's That Guy!]]: Mr. Cassidy is [[It's a Wonderful Life|Sam Wainwright]]. California Charlie is [[MacGyver|MacGyver's grandfather]]. And the psychiatrist is [[Kolchak the Night Stalker|Kolchak's boss]]--or [[West Side Story|Lieutenant Shrank]].
* [[Hey, It's That Guy!]]: Mr. Cassidy is [[It's a Wonderful Life|Sam Wainwright]]. California Charlie is [[MacGyver|MacGyver's grandfather]]. And the psychiatrist is [[Kolchak the Night Stalker|Kolchak's boss]]--or [[West Side Story|Lieutenant Shrank]].
** Look closely after the psychiatrist scene, when the cop takes the blanket to Norman. See the other, non-speaking cop who's standing guard outside the door? It's a young [[The Mary Tyler Moore Show|Ted Baxter]]!
** Look closely after the psychiatrist scene, when the cop takes the blanket to Norman. See the other, non-speaking cop who's standing guard outside the door? It's a young [[The Mary Tyler Moore Show|Ted Baxter]]!

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