Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho is a non-fiction book by Stephen Rebello. It details every aspect of the creation of director Alfred Hitchcock's famous thriller Psycho released to theaters in 1960.
The book was first published in April 15, 1990 by Dembner Books and distributed by W. W. Norton and Company. Stephen Rebello researched the film thoroughly through Hitchcock's personal records and archives and he interviewed virtually every surviving cast and crew member. Prior to the book's publication, Rebello's initial research appeared as a 22-page article in the April 1986 issue of Cinefantastique magazine entitled "Psycho: The Making of Alfred Hitchcock's Masterpiece".
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