Marion Crane steals $40,000 from her employer and flees town to start a new life in California. Tired of her current situation, she pulls into the Bates Motel run by Norman Bates and his mother. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock, Psycho was a low-budget 1960 film that was nominated for several Oscars and won Janet Leigh a Golden Globe for her role as Marion. While some critics found it confusing, audiences and most reviews praised Hitchcock's suspenseful psychological thriller.