Janet Leigh Great Film Moments
Touch of Evil
Touch of Evil (1958) - Trailer #1 - Directed by Orson Welles and starring Charlton Heston, Janet Leigh, Orson Welles. A stark, perverse story of murder, kidnapping, and police corruption in a Mexican border town.
Psycho
Psycho (1960) - Trailer #1 - Directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Anthony Perkins, Vera Miles, John Gavin, Janet Leigh, and Martin Balsam. A young woman steals $40,000 from her employer’s client, and subsequently encounters a young motel proprietor too long under the domination of his mother.
Psycho
Psycho (1960) - Trailer #2 (Re-Release) - Directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Anthony Perkins, Vera Miles, John Gavin, Janet Leigh, and Martin Balsam. Psycho is one of the most famous masterpieces from Hitchcock and for it’s time was unparalleled in it’s horror effect. A chilling score sets the pace for an introverted killer and a mystery thriller case of multiple dimensions. The credits for the film directed by Saul Bass were revolutionary for their time.
Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
Halloween H20: 20 Years Later (1998) - Maternal Advice - Norma (Janet Leigh) offers some maternal advice to Laurie (Jamie Lee Curtis). Trivia: Janet Leigh is Jamie Lee Curtis’ real mother. Listen for cues from Bernard Hermann’s score for Psycho as the two part ways.
The Vikings
The Vikings (1958) - Get an Oar and Row - When Morgana (Janet Leigh) complains that her bodice is too tight for rowing, Eric (Tony Curtis) rips her dress open.
The Vikings
The Vikings (1958) - A Joining of the Flesh - Morgana (Janet Leigh) succumbs to her attraction to Eric (Tony Curtis) despite their religious differences.
The Vikings
The Vikings (1958) - Viking Raid - Einar (Kirk Douglas) leads a Viking raid on the ship carrying Princess Morgana (Janet Leigh).
The Vikings
The Vikings (1958) - Fight Me - A drunken Einar (Kirk Douglas) tries to force himself on Morgana (Janet Leigh) until she’s rescued by Eric (Tony Curtis).
The Vikings
The Vikings (1958) - Tower Sword Fight - Einar (Kirk Douglas) and Eric (Tony Curtis) engage in a fierce sword fight atop the castle.
Psycho
Psycho (1960) - A Boy's Best Friend - Marion Crane (Janet Leigh) gets to know Norman Bates (Anthony Perkins).
Psycho
Psycho (1960) - We All Go a Little Mad Sometimes - Norman (Anthony Perkins) debates sending his mother to the “madhouse.”
The Fog
The Fog (1980) - The Sixth Conspirator - Father Malone (Hal Holbrook) returns the golden cross to the ghosts of the fog to save the town.
Psycho
Psycho (1960) - The Bates Motel - Consumed with thoughts of her misdeeds, Marion (Janet Leigh) comes upon the Bates Motel.
Psycho
Psycho (1960) - Peeping on Marion - Norman (Anthony Perkins) watches Marion (Janet Leigh) undress.
Psycho
Psycho (1960) - The Shower - Marion (Janet Leigh) takes a shower at the Bates Motel; she’s stabbed by a silhouetted assailant.
The Manchurian Candidate
The Manchurian Candidate (1962) - Meeting Rose on the Train - Marco (Frank Sinatra) meets Rose (Janet Leigh) on the train ride to New York.
The Manchurian Candidate
The Manchurian Candidate (1962) - Rose Picks Up Marco - Rose (Janet Leigh) picks up Marco (Frank Sinatra) from the police station and tells him that she’s left her fiance.
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