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I Want to Live (1958), starring Susan Hayward, Simon Oakland

I Want to Live

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I Want to Live (1958), starring Susan Hayward, Simon Oakland

Buy from Amazon In I Want to Live, a low-level criminal is convicted of beating an elderly woman to death. She’s then sentenced to die. But the question is, is she guilty? Can a reporter uncover enough evidence to overturn her conviction, before it’s too late? A truly great performance by Susan Hayward.

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Psycho (1960) starring Vera Miles, Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh

Psycho [Alfred Hitchcock]

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Psycho (1960) starring Vera Miles, Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh

Janet Leigh in the infamous shower scene in "Psycho"
Janet Leigh in the infamous shower scene in “Psycho“

Psycho is Alfred Hitchcock’s landmark masterpiece of the macabre. It stars Anthony Perkins as Norman Bates, a quiet young man who runs a roadside motel … with his mother. Marion Crane (Janet Leigh), is on the run after stealing from her boss. She stays there, but the ill-fated traveler’s journey ends in the notorious “shower scene”. First a private detective, then Marion’s sister (Vera Miles) search for her. The horror and the suspense mount to a climax where the mysterious killer is finally revealed.

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