To Catch a Thief (1955)
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Fresh: 32 | Rotten: 2
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A jewel thief is at large on the Riviera, and all evidence points to retired cat burglar Cary Grant. Escaping the law, Grant heads to the Cote D'Azur, where he is greeted with hostility by his old partners in crime. All of them had been pardoned due to their courageous activities in the wartime Resistance, and all are in danger of arrest thanks to this new crime wave. But Grant pleads innocence, and vows to find out who's been copying his distinctive style. With the reluctant aid of detective
Mar 24, 2009
Paramount Pictures
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Cast
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Cary Grant
John Robie (The Cat) -
Grace Kelly
Frances Stevens -
Jesse Royce Landis
Mrs. Jessie Stevens -
John Williams (II)
H.H. Hughson -
Charles Vanel
Bertani -
Brigitte Auber
Danielle Foussard -
Jean Martinelli
Foussard -
Georgette Anys
Germaine -
John Alderson
Detective -
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René Blancard
Inspector Lepic -
Eugene Borden
French Waiter -
Nina Borget
Frenchwoman -
Margaret Brewster
Cold Cream Woman -
Lewis Charles
Man with milk in kitche... -
Frank Chelland
Chef -
William "Wee Willie" Davi...
Big man in kitchen -
Dominique Davray
Antoinette -
Russell Gaige
Mr. Sanford -
Steven Geray
Desk clerk -
Jean Hebey
Mercier -
Gladys Holland
Elegant French woman -
Bela Kovacs
Detective -
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Roland Le Saffre
Claude -
Louis Mercier
Croupier -
Alberto Morin
Detective -
Paul Newlan
Vegetable Man in Kitche... -
Barry Norton
Frenchman -
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Leonard Penn
Monaco Policeman -
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Otto F. Schulzs
Chef -
Adele St. Maur
Woman with Bird Cage on... -
Marie Stoddard
Mrs. Stanford -
Philip Van Zandt
Jewelry Clerk -
Guy de Vestel
Detective -
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Michael Hadlow
Monaco Policeman -
Don Megowan
Detective
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All Critics (36) | Top Critics (5) | Fresh (39) | Rotten (2) | DVD (30)
It is a significant dud, and Grace Kelly's role has the virtue of making clearer the quality which excited so much attention in previous roles.
Top CriticTo Catch a Thief does nothing but give out a good, exciting time. If you'll settle for that at a movie, you should give it your custom right now.
Alfred Hitchcock's fluffy 1955 exercise in light comedy, minimal mystery, and good-natured eroticism (the fireworks scene is a classic).
Unsurprising, as To Catch a Thief is one of the most beautiful movies of all time, Paramount casually drops one of its best-looking Blu-rays, with a nice sideboard of extras.
Lavishly shot in the French Riviera, this romantic thriller is vatsly entertaining due to star power of Cary Grant and Grace Kelly.
A riveting, rollicking Hitchcock suspense classic.
Not bad on TV; much better on DVD
should keep you guessing while you have a chance to see the veiled sexual relationship between Grant and Kelly's characters
...has the feel of being made while on a getaway vacation.
Colorful, fun Hitchcock pairing Grant and Kelly.
A collection of VistaVision postcards.
The collector's edition provides an interesting full-length audio commentary by Laurent Bouzereau and Peter Bogdanovich.
It's all about the sparkle of glamour and the romantic smolder of seductive stars...
Not the most profound of Hitchcock's studies of thieves, but then again Marnie never got to ask Cary Grant if he's a leg man or a breast man.
Hitchcock and screenwriter John Michael Hayes posited voyeuristic spectacle as the essence of cinema in Rear Window; in To Catch a Thief they validate their thesis with plenty of spectacle to be voyeuristic over.
It's one of Hitchcock's lightest and most purely enjoyable exercises.
Audience Reviews for To Catch a Thief
Super Reviewer
The film is really straight forward, but it's still solid and good. I mean, it's about a jewel thief on the loose, with the prime suspect being a reformed cat burglar trying to move on with his life. He tries to start up a relationship with an heiress, who, despite having feelings for him, is still very suspicious of him.
What really makes the film stand out are the strong performances (decent overall, but not the best work for the performers), and the stunning cinematography, which was at least nominated for an Oscar. The locations are good too, but really come alive just for the wonderful camera work.
All in all, a solid, entertaining Hitch romp, though in the grand scheme of things, it's in the middle of his filmgraphy in terms of greatness, but that also basically means that if another director made it, it would probably be at the top of their list.
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- John Robie (The Cat): You're here in Europe to buy a husband.
- Frances Stevens: The man I want doesn't have a price.
- John Robie (The Cat): That eliminates me.
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- Frances Stevens: Would you like a leg or a breast? [Grace Kelly offers Cary Grant some chicken]
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- Frances Stevens: From where I sat it looked as though you were conjugating some irregular verbs.
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Foreign Titles
- Über den Dächern von Nizza (DE)
- To Catch a Thief (1955) (UK)
