1960-Psycho opens to crowds at Retlaw

Psycho opens to big crowds - 1960
Retlaw Theater, Fond du Lac, Wis.

Retlaw Theatre shows Psycho in 1960

Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho does good business at the Retlaw in the summer of 1960 due to intense national and local promotion, as well as strong word-of-mouth. Hitchcock insisted on a "no late admission" policy and the Retlaw hired an auxiliary police officer to be on site to "enforce" it.

Photo by Norman Lenburg

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