To Catch a Thief (1955)

Directed by

Alfred Hitchcock

Genre

comedy film, crime film, thriller film, crime thriller film, mystery film, romantic comedy film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 46m

Rated

PG

Rating

7.3 of 10 from 1,686 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A retired cat burglar on the French Riviera must catch a copycat thief to clear his name from suspicion. He teams up with a wealthy American woman and her mother, leading to flirtation and danger.

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What happens

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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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