Rent To Catch a Thief (1955)
3.7 of 5 from 186 ratings
1h 42min
- General info
- Available formats
- Synopsis:
- Cary Grant plays John Robie, reformed jewel thief who was once known as 'The Cat' in this suspenseful Alfred Hitchcock classic thriller. Robie is suspected of a new rash of gem thefts in the luxury hotels of the French Riviera, and he must set out to clear himself. Meeting pampered heiress Frances (Grace Kelly), he sees the chance to bait the mysterious thief with her mother's (Jessie Royce Landis) fabulous jewels. His plan backfires, however, but Frances, who believes him guilty, proves her love by helping him escape. In a spine-tingling climax, the real criminal is exposed.
- Actors:
- Cary Grant, Grace Kelly, Jessie Royce Landis, John Williams, Charles Vanel, Brigitte Auber, Jean Martinelli, Georgette Anys, George Adrian, John Alderson, Martha Bamattre, René Blancard, Eugene Borden, Nina Borget, Margaret Brewster, Lewis Charles, Frank Chelland, Wilson Cornell, Reinie Costello, William 'Wee Willie' Davis
- Directors:
- Alfred Hitchcock
- Producers:
- Alfred Hitchcock
- Narrated By:
- Art Gilmore
- Writers:
- John Michael Hayes, David Dodge, Alec Coppel
- Others:
- Edith Head, Hal Pereira, Robert Burks, Sam Comer, Arthur Krams, Joseph McMillan Johnson
- Studio:
- Paramount
- Genres:
- Classics, Thrillers
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- Awards:
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 24/09/2012
- Run Time:
- 106 minutes
- Languages:
- English Dolby TrueHD 1.0, English Dolby TrueHD 2.0, French Dolby Digital 1.0, Portuguese Dolby Digital 1.0, Spanish Dolby Digital 1.0
- Subtitles:
- English, English Hard of Hearing, French, Portuguese, Spanish
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.78:1 / 16:9
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- (0) All
- Bonus:
- Commentary by Dr. Drew Casper, Hitchock Film Historian
- A Night with the Hitchcocks
- Unacceptable Under the Code: Film Censorship in Hollywood
- Writing and Casting To Catch a Thief
- The Making of To Catch a Thief
- Behind the Gates: Cary Grant and Grace Kelly
- Alfred Hitchcock and To Catch a Thief-An Appreciation
- Edith Head - The Paramount Years
- If You Love To Catch a Thief You'll Love this Interactive Travelogue
- Theatrical Trailer
- Galleries
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Reviews (1) of To Catch a Thief
Gorgeous Entertainment. - To Catch a Thief review by Steve
Gorgeously touristic comedy thriller beautifully photographed in Vistavision on the French Riviera as Cary Grant (formerly of the French Resistance!) protests he is not the cat burglar carrying out a series of jewel robberies in the fabulous hotels and chateaux of the rich, but no one believes him. Least of all the police.
Great entertainment with Grant in his absolute element with the racy screwball dialogue, outclassing the curiously awkward Grace Kelly playing surely the role she was born for; a rich American on holiday looking for a suitable husband on the Côte d'Azur. But she does catch the eye.
It's completely weightless (Hitch has left film noir far behind and is creating his own genre which would be ceaselessly copied) but it's so chic and so much fun it's hard to care. Including the visual innuendo of the firework display that signifies Grant and Kelly's sexual congress.
The Vistavision looks amazing on HD television, by the way.
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