Anthony Perkins, the Actor Behind the Door

Sep 1, 2020

0h 52m

★ 7.7

Overview

Anthony Perkins’ face and name remain familiar to a younger 21st century audience, fond of giallo and slashers. But he has long struggled in the shadow of his most famous character, Norman Bates – the young man in Alfred Hitchcock’s masterpiece, “Psycho". We also discover that he was an amazing crooner. His greatest success, “Moonlight Swim”, will be taken up by Elvis Presley. He even directed “Psycho III” – proof of his reconciliation with his favorite bogeyman.

Genres

Documentary

TV Movie

Production Companies

OCS

French Connection Films

Anthony Perkins, the Actor Behind the Door Trailers

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Cast

Narrator (voice)

Pierre-François Pistorio

Himself (archive) - subject

Anthony Perkins

Himself - biographer

Charles Winecoff

Himself - journalist

François Guérif

Herself - actress

Donna Anderson

Himself - Film historian

Allan Hunter

Himself - lyricist & lover

Patrick Loiseau

Himself - director

Gérard Kikoïne

Herself - actress

Lee Garlington

Herself (archive) - actress & wife

Berry Berenson

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