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starring: John Alderson, Georgette Anys, Brigitte Auber, Martha Bamattre, René Blancard
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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
Brand: Paramount
EAN: 0097361207346
Format: Color, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: Paramount
Manufacturer: Paramount
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Paramount
Region Code: 1
Release Date: May 08, 2007
Running Time: 106 minutes
Sales Rank: 1591
Studio: Paramount
Theatrical Release Date: August 05, 1955
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Studio: Paramount Home Video Release Date: 05/08/2007 Run time: 106 minutes
Amazon.com:
One of the creamiest of all of Alfred Hitchcock's films, To Catch a Thief is something like pure pleasure. Begin ticking off the ingredients of this 1955 movie and you'll get the picture: Cary Grant, Grace Kelly, the French Riviera, champagne, fireworks, cat burglary. Mmm, it already feels good. Grant plays a retired thief who becomes a suspect when valuable things begin disappearing along the Cote d'Azur. The diamonds hanging from the well-sculpted neck of Grace Kelly would appear to be the newest target, but it's just possible that actual romance might also be wafting through the Mediterranean air. The lightness of the story keeps To Catch a Thief from being one of the masterpieces of Hitchcock's great run in the 1950s, but it is very difficult to cavil about the sunny locations, Grant's elegant aplomb, and Kelly's shrewd withholding of her sexual interest beneath the ice-queen exterior. John Michael Hayes provided the amusing script (which stretches double entendres to their limit, especially in a romantic discussion of fried chicken), Edith Head the splendid costumes. If the movie has any weight at all, it's in proving that at this point in his career Hitchcock was consumed with charting the tricky terrain of male-female courtship; if issues of trust are treated here with a light touch, they nevertheless matter as much as the mechanical working-out of Mr. H's suspense stories. --Robert Horton
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - great classic adventure
This is a true classic, great drama, wonderful acting, incredible sets, locations and wardrobe. The chemistry in this movie between Cary Grant and Grace Kelly is great. This is a love story but with enough action and adventure to keep the guys watching too...a great date movie.
Rating:  - Truly Frightening
Intentional or not, the scariest part of this film is the very beginning. Maybe I'm just twisted but the opening shot of the ugly lady in curlers and cold cream screaming "my jewels, my jewels, Help!!police!" is particularly jarring and turned me off immediately. No kidding, this one brief scene gave me nightmares. I love Hitchcock but I NEVER want to watch this film again.
Rating: - Really Great Alfred Hitchcock!
This is a light Hitchcock movie, probably not one of his greatest, but pretty close! The film does not focus on murder or mayhem or even tragedy. It is all about stealing jewels! If you thought that jewel thieves were interesting, this is your movie. If not, here the movie grows on you and you won't care about it being about jewel thieves. The acting is superlative and funny. It is not made in a serious manner and that is great. The movie is about being on vacation, seeing the French Rivera ... Read More
Rating: - "You're somewhat egotistical."
....and that is only one great quote from this movie. I love anything Hitchcock, and this film is no exception--but if you're looking for a suspense filled edge-of-your-seat thriller like Vertigo or North by Northwest, this isn't it. Despite that, it truly showcases the range of Hitchcock's brilliance, and his ability to create varying tones in different movies. A little more frothy and visually enjoyable than most of his films; it's shot entirely at the Cote D'Azur in the South of France, tempting ... Read More
Rating:  - To Catch a Thief
A great classic movie! Cary Grant and Grace Kelly make a great romantic combination and when coupled with Alfred Hitchcock what could be better? See if you can find Hitchcock in a cameo in this movie. He always inserts himself somewhere in his movies, sometimes more obvious than others. This is definitely a "Must Have" for those Cary Grant collectors!!! And the Collector's Edition has some nice Extra Features.
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