kennykip Love this movie, it depicts a man framed for stealing items that he did not take because of his reputation for what he did during WWII. the film stars Carey Grant who once again reprises the mild comedy in his acting. the movie is definitely a great mystery and love story for those who like that theme. the plot twists and the fact that the true thief is not known until the very end of the movie compels the viewer to focus and stay enthralled in the action the entire distance. definitely would recommend

adrian-43767 Hitchcock was in his best decade, the 50s. He had just made the sublime REAR WINDOW, also with Grace Kelly, and soon he would be making VERTIGO, NORTH BY NORTHWEST and PSYCHO. It stands to reason that TO CATCH A THIEF is not bad at all, albeit not in the class of those masterpieces. It shows inspired directorial work, good acting by the extremely attractive leads, Grant and Kelly, magnificent VistaVision cinematography, great locations, and even some enticing one-liners and good humor.But the screenplay has quite a few holes and is ultimately fluffy. Still, one should never pass up on Hitchcock and TO CATCH A THIEF certainly deserves watching and going back to. I have watched it about once every five years, and never been bored.The sequence where Kelly suddenly drops her innocence act and kisses Grant is an absolute gem, and the film's most memorable moment.

Hitchcoc Pairing Cary Grant with Grace Kelly certainly put the pretty people of America on the screen big time. This is a classic film that has been copied many times. It involves a high powered jewel theft by a master criminal. But to attain this one must put a lot at risk. The strength of this is the script with a kind of sexual byplay between the two principles. Of course, we must remember that this is the fifties and it seems pretty tame. I always considered Ingrid Bergman and Grace Kelly to be the most beautiful actresses of their time (perhaps for all time). With the suave jewel thief Grant and the cool blonde Kelly, we have a formula for success. Of course, there is also Hitchcock. MOre lightweight than many of his other films but well worth seeing.

oOoBarracuda In 1955, Cary Grant worked with Alfred Hitchcock yet again, as the two have a much-celebrated collaboration with each other, working together on four films and forging a fantastic working relationship. The third film in their repertoire was To Catch a Thief. Also starring Grace Kelly, To Catch a Thief tells the tale of a former jewelry thief who is blamed for a string of heists occurring in the area. In what appears to be a film made for its location alone, To Catch a Thief was an interesting installment in the standard Hitchcock fair of an innocent man being blamed for crimes he did not commit.After retiring from the lucrative profession of cat burglary, John Robie's (Cary Grant) life is interrupted by a copycat robber. The imposter has perfected Robie's M.O. convincing police and citizens that he is behind the new string of jewel theft of millionaires on the French Riviera. After working hard to convince local law enforcement agencies that he is not the one behind the thefts, Robie volunteers to help track down the real thief and simultaneously prove his innocence. In the process of tracking down the thief, Robie befriends a wealthy American widow and her daughter Frances Stevens (Grace Kelly), as they are believed to be targets of the copycat jewel thief. When their jewels are stolen while Robie is an overnight guest in their hotel room, Frances immediately blames him. Her mother believes he is innocent, however, and does a great deal more than just plead his case of innocence to her daughter. The most surreal part of Alfred Hitchcock's and Cary Grant's multiple film collaboration is that they were able to work with each other. I would never have pictured their personalities meshing with each other well enough to work together on four films. Although I am no Cary Grant fan, and am certainly tired of what he was doing by 1955, simply playing Cary Grant, I did find his acting and the dialogue exchange between he and Grace Kelly thoroughly enjoyable. Grace Kelly was just a divine actress, classy and subtly confident, a true joy to watch in every film she was in. Hitch's experiments with colors, that he noted in his several interviews with Francois Truffaut, seems to be going strong in To Catch a Thief with the green tinting used throughout. Every Hitchcock film comes with the added joy of finding the director's cameo, and there was certainly not much work to do in this film. In possibly the most overt cameo on the director's list, the audience sees the director on a tram, with Cary Grant turning to face him. Overall, I had a hard time engaging with To Catch a Thief. I was mainly pulled out of the film due to its elaborate yet unneeded location shooting. The story isn't one that begged to be told on the French Riviera leaving one to wonder if the film wasn't shot there just so Hitchcock could enjoy a vacation; one that he was more than deserving of at this time in his career. Most of the film, being very listlessly dialogue driven was quite boring, only gaining in excitement near the end of the film. Hitchcock was a master of his craft, and focused a lot on the endings of his films, for To Catch a Thief, one is thankful for that focus.