Psycho Screenplay Analysis A film that has always generated a lot of excitement and thrills is Alfred Hitchcock's Pyscho. Years later, this film is still a template for many horror and drama pieces. In Psycho, the protagonist is Mary Crane. She is introduced to us at the very beginning of the film. Her character is this attractive, frustrated, sarcastic, exhausted woman in her twenties. She takes care of everyone, even the man she's in love with, but no one ever gets her wishes granted. This brings us to the dilemma. Mary Crane's dilemma arises when she is back in her room packing. She is ordered to put $40,000 in the bank, but she ends up in her room and the money is on the bed. This POV shot really executes the