Thriller film film "M" (1931), directed by Fritz Lang, starred Peter Lorre (in his first film role) as a criminal deviant who preys on children. Hitchcock continued his suspense-thrillers, directing "Foreign Correspondent" (1940), the Oscar-winning "Rebecca" (1940), "Suspicion" (1941), "Saboteur" (1942) and "Shadow of a Doubt" (1943), which was Hitchcock's own personal favorite. Notable non-Hitchcock films of the 1940s include "The Spiral Staircase" (1946) and "Sorry, Wrong Number" (1948). In the late 1940s, Hitchcock added Technicolor to his thrillers, now with exotic locales. Hitchcock's first Technicolor film was "Rope" (1948). He reached the zenith of his career with a succession of classic
Hitchcock (film) website's critical consensus reads, "Though it suffers from tonal inconsistency and a lack of truly insightful retrospection, "Hitchcock" is elevated by inspired performances from its two distinguished leads." On Metacritic, the film has a score of 55 out of 100, based on 40 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". Soon after the film's world premiere at the AFI Fest 2012, the first reviews of "Hitchcock" were published. Tom O'Neil of "The Huffington Post" wrote, "When the film unspooled at AFI Fest on Thursday night, the audience burst into wild huzzahs at the end. This "Hitchcock" is so well made, so