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
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