To Catch a Thief
To Catch a Thief is a 1955 American romantic thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, from a screenplay by John Michael Hayes based on the 1952 novel of the same name by David Dodge. The film stars Cary Grant as a retired cat burglar who has to save his reformed reputation by catching an impostor preying on wealthy tourists (including an oil-rich widow and her daughter played by Grace Kelly) on the French Riviera.
Plot
Retired jewel thief John "The Cat" Robie is suspected by the police in a string of burglaries on the French Riviera. When they come to his hilltop villa to question him, he slips their grasp and heads to a restaurant owned by his friend Bertani. The restaurant's staff, members of Robie's old gang who have been paroled for their work in the French Resistance, are angry at Robie because they are all under suspicion as long as the new Cat is active. When the police arrive at the restaurant looking for Robie, Danielle, the daughter of the restaurant's wine steward Foussard, spirits him to safety.
Awards
Cast
- Alberto Morin
- Alfred Hitchcock
- Barry Norton
- Bess Flowers
- Brigitte Auber
- Cary Grant
- Charles Vanel
- Dominique Davray
- Eugene Borden
- Fred Kelsey
- Georgette Anys
- Gérard Buhr
- Grace Kelly
- Jean Hébey
- Jean Martinelli
- Jessie Royce Landis
- John Alderson
- John Williams
- Louis Mercier
- Philip Van Zandt
- René Blancard
- Roland Lesaffre
- Steven Geray