To Catch a Thief (1955)

Note Générale:

7,5/10   

Réalisateur:

Alfred Hitchcock

Scénaristes:

John Michael Hayes (screenplay)
David Dodge (novel)

Date de sortie:

septembre 1955 (USA)

Genre:

Crime | Mystère | Romance | Thriller

Accroche:

WANTED by the police in all the luxury-spots of Europe!... A catch for any woman!

Intrigue:

When a reformed jewel thief is suspected of returning to his former occupation, he must ferret out the real thief in order to prove his innocence.

Plot Keywords:

Thief | Cat | Riviera | Burglar | Robbery

Récompenses:

Won Oscar. Another 4 nominations

Avis des utilisateurs:

Delivers on all its promises

US TV Schedule:

Fri. Nov. 13

8:00 AM

TCM

Ensemble

Cary Grant	...	John Robie
Grace Kelly	...	Frances Stevens
Jessie Royce Landis	...	Jessie Stevens
John Williams	...	H.H. Hughson
Charles Vanel	...	Bertani
Brigitte Auber	...	Danielle Foussard
Jean Martinelli	...	Foussard
Georgette Anys	...	Germaine

Autre(s) titre(s):

Alfred Hitchcock's To Catch a Thief (USA) (complete title)

Durée:

106 min

Pays:

USA

Langue:

Anglais | Français

Couleur:

Couleur (Technicolor)

Rapport de forme:

1,85 : 1

Son:

Mono (Western Electric Recording)

Classification:

Spain:T | Netherlands:6 | Ireland:PG | USA:Approved (certificate #17226) | Brazil:14 | Argentina:13 | Australia:G | Canada:G (video rating) | Chile:14 | Finland:K-8 | Norway:12 (1955) | Peru:14 | Sweden:15 | UK:PG | West Germany:12

Lieux de tournage:

Alpes-Maritimes, France

Société:

Paramount Pictures

Anecdotes:

On 14 September 1982, Grace Kelly was killed in an automobile accident in Monaco, supposedly on the very same road as her famous chase scene in this film and not far from where she had a picnic scene with Cary Grant. She was 52 years old and lost control of her car after apparently suffering a stroke while at the wheel.

Goofs:

Continuité: John says he'll leave his clothes with Danielle, but later, when he is at the flower market, he's in the same clothes.

Guillemet:

Frances Stevens: I called the police from your room and told them who you are and everything you've been doing tonight.
John Robie: Everything? The boys must have really enjoyed *that* at headquarters!

Connexions:

Référencé sur Plotting 'Family Plot' (2001) (V)

Delivers on all its promises

You cannot discuss any Hitchcock movie without first giving a nod to the master.

Let me ask you this: Was Michelangelo a painter or a sculptor? It is a trick answer of course.. both answers are correct but it is more correct that Michelangelo was an artist. In a similar way you might consider the relationship between the body of Hitchcock's work and "To Catch a Thief".

TCaT (To Catch a Thief) is not a classic Hitchcock suspense thriller. It is, however quite a nice piece of work. In fact, the most suspenseful thing about this picture is whether Cary Grant will get together with Grace Kelley. The relationship between these two is really the bulk of the movie. It is beautifully photographed and what better subjects for photography than Grace Kelly and the South of France?

"Notorius Cat Burgular meets Wealthy American Heiress" is a plot that only Hitchcock and few others could make into a picture that would hold up for nearly 50 years. The playful exchanges between Grant and Kelly, rife with sexual innuendo, propell the movie forward to its happy conclusion. For me, the "slice of life" of French Rivera in the 1950s is enough to make this film eminently watchable.

I recommend it highly. Great date movie... though living up to Grant's or Kelly's high marks might be difficult.