To Catch a Thief (1955)

Cast includes:
CHARACTER	ACTOR/ACTRESS	RATING
John Robie ("The Cat")	Cary Grant
Frances Stevens	Grace Kelly
Jessie Stevens	Jessie Royce Landis
H. H. Hughson	John Williams	-
Monsieur Bertani	Charles Vanel	-
Danielle Foussard	Brigitte Auber	-

Review

In To Catch a Thief, arguably Hitchcock's most fashionable movie, Cary Grant gets full value for his suave effortlessness as "The Cat", a retired jewelry burglar on the French Riviera. It's a remarkably attractive picture, and not only because of Grant and co-star Grace Kelly, who is at her most seductive here, but also because Hitchcock makes each scene come alive with sophistication. He makes you feel like a natural part of these surroundings; it's like travelling to 1950s France with your pockets full of money. Unfortunately, the scenes don’t sum up to a cohesive, intriguing whole the way Hitchcock's best works do. For that, John Michael Hayes' script from David Dodge's 1952 novel is too unremarkable. It lacks any real suspense. And the ending, which is built up to be a Hitchcockian climax, lacks nerve. This was the last of Kelly's three films with Hitchcock, after Dial M for Murder and Rear Window, before her early retirement.