Alfred Hitchcock filmography Code which at the time limited such scenes to three seconds. In 1948, Hitchcock directed "Rope" which starred James Stewart. The film was his first in Technicolor and is remembered for its use of long takes to make the film appear to be a single continuous shot. Three years later he directed "Strangers on a Train" (1951). Hitchcock collaborated with Grace Kelly on three films: "Dial M for Murder" (1954), "Rear Window" (1954) and "To Catch a Thief" (1955). For "Rear Window", Hitchcock received a nomination for Best Director at the Academy Awards. 1955 marked his debut on television as
Alfred Hitchcock captioned photographs inviting the reader to find clues to the murderer's identity; Hitchcock cast the performers as themselves, such as Woolley, Doris Merrick, and make-up man Guy Pearce. "Shadow of a Doubt" (1943) was Hitchcock's personal favourite and the second of the early Universal films. Charlotte "Charlie" Newton (Teresa Wright) suspects her beloved uncle Charlie Oakley (Joseph Cotten) of being a serial killer. Hitchcock again filmed extensively on location, this time in the Northern California city of Santa Rosa. Working at 20th Century Fox, Hitchcock adapted a script of John Steinbeck's, which recorded the experiences of the survivors of a