To Catch a Thief (1955)

Director:

Alfred Hitchcock

Writers:

David Dodge (novel)
John Michael Hayes (screenplay)

Release Date:

5 agosto 1955 (USA)

Genre:

Crime | Mystery | Romance | Thriller

Frase comercial:

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

Plot:

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:

Starting Over | Quiche | Urban | Escape | Con

Awards:

Won Oscar. Another 4 nominations

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Great chemistry between the leads

Cast

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
listado alfabético del resto del reparto:
George Adrian	...	Detective (uncredited)
John Alderson	...	Detective at the costume ball (uncredited)
Martha Bamattre	...	Bit part (uncredited)
René Blancard	...	Insp. Lepic (uncredited)
Eugene Borden	...	French waiter (uncredited)
Nina Borget	...	Frenchwoman (uncredited)
Margaret Brewster	...	Cold-cream woman (uncredited)
Lewis Charles	...	Man with milk in kitchen (uncredited)
Frank Chelland	...	Chef (uncredited)
William 'Wee Willie' Davis	...	Big man in kitchen (uncredited)
Dominique Davray	...	Antoinette (uncredited)
Guy De Vestel	...	Detective (uncredited)
Bess Flowers	...	Woman at Costume Ball (uncredited)
Russell Gaige	...	Mr. Sanford (uncredited)
Steven Geray	...	Desk clerk (uncredited)
Michael Hadlow	...	Monaco policeman (uncredited)
Jean Hébey	...	Police inspector Mercier (uncredited)
Alfred Hitchcock	...	Man sitting next to John Robie on bus (uncredited)
Gladys Holland	...	Elegant French woman (uncredited)
Bela Kovacs	...	Detective (uncredited)
Jeanne Lafayette	...	Frenchwoman (uncredited)
Donald Lawton	...	Bit part (uncredited)
Eddie Le Baron	...	Frenchman (uncredited)
Roland Lesaffre	...	Claude (uncredited)
Edward Manouk	...	Kitchen help (uncredited)
Don Megowan	...	Detective at Costume Ball (uncredited)
Louis Mercier	...	Croupier (uncredited)
Alberto Morin	...	Detective (uncredited)
George Nardelli	...	Croupier (uncredited)
Paul Newlan	...	Vegetable man (uncredited)
Barry Norton	...	Frenchman (uncredited)
George Paris	...	Croupier (uncredited)
Manuel París	...	Croupier (uncredited)
Leonard Penn	...	Monaco policeman (uncredited)
Albert Pollet	...	Croupier (uncredited)
Loulette Sablon	...	Frenchwoman (uncredited)
Cosmo Sardo	...	Bit part (uncredited)
Otto F. Schulze	...	Chef (uncredited)
Adele St. Mauer	...	Woman with birdcage on bus (uncredited)
Marie Stoddard	...	Mrs. Sanford (uncredited)
Aimee Torriani	...	Woman in kitchen (uncredited)
Philip Van Zandt	...	Jewelry clerk (uncredited)

Dirigida por
Alfred Hitchcock

Créditos del guión
David Dodge		(novel)
John Michael Hayes		(screenplay)

Producida por
Alfred Hitchcock	....	producer (uncredited)

Música original por
Lyn Murray		(music scored by)

Fotografía por
Robert Burks		(director of photography)

Montaje por
George Tomasini

Dirección artística
J. McMillan Johnson		(as Joseph MacMillan Johnson)
Hal Pereira

Decorados
Sam Comer
Arthur Krams

Departamento de maquillaje
Wally Westmore	....	makeup supervisor
Bud Bashaw Jr.	....	makeup artist (uncredited)
Harry Ray	....	makeup artist (uncredited)

Dirección de producción
William Davidson	....	assistant production manager (uncredited)
C.O. Erickson	....	assistant production manager (uncredited)
C.O. Erickson	....	unit production manager (uncredited)

Ayudante de dirección
Herbert Coleman	....	second unit director
Daniel McCauley	....	assistant director

Art Department
Dorothea Holt	....	illustrator (uncredited)

Departamento de sonido
John Cope	....	sound recordist
Harold Lewis	....	sound recordist
Bill Wistrom	....	sound editor (uncredited)

Efectos especiales
Farciot Edouart	....	process photography
John P. Fulton	....	special photographic effects

Camera and Electrical Department
W. Wallace Kelley	....	photographer: second unit (as Wallace Kelley)
Bill Avery	....	still photographer (uncredited)
George Gall	....	assistant camera (uncredited)
James Grant	....	assistant camera (uncredited)
Vic Jones	....	gaffer (uncredited)
Gene Liggett	....	second assistant camera (uncredited)
William Schurr	....	camera operator (uncredited)
Leonard J. South	....	camera operator (uncredited)
Darrell Turnmire	....	key grip (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Ed Fitzharris	....	wardrobe: men (uncredited)
Grace Harris	....	wardrobe: women (uncredited)

Editorial Department
Richard Mueller	....	color consultant: Technicolor

Otros miembros del equipo
Elsie Foulstone	....	dialogue coach
Sylvette Baudrot	....	script supervisor: France (uncredited)
Claire Behnke	....	script supervisor (uncredited)
Vincent McEveety	....	technical advisor (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Paramount Pictures

Distributors

• Paramount Pictures (1955) (USA) (theatrical)
• Paramount British Pictures (1955) (UK) (theatrical)
• Les Films Paramount (1955) (France) (theatrical)
• Paramount Pictures (1963) (USA) (theatrical) (re-release)
• Amazonas Film (1992) (Germany) (theatrical) (subtitled version)
• CIC Vídeo (Brazil) (VHS)
• CIC-Taft Home Video
• National Broadcasting Company (NBC) (1964) (USA) (TV) (original airing)
• Paramount Filmes do Brasil (Brazil) (DVD)
• Paramount Home Video (1981) (USA) (VHS)
• Paramount Home Video (2003) (USA) (DVD)
• Paramount Home Video (2007) (USA) (VHS)
• Paramount (1955) (West Germany) (theatrical)

También conocida como:

Alfred Hitchcock's To Catch a Thief (USA) (complete title)
Atrapa a un ladrón (Spain) [es]
Para atrapar al ladrón (Argentina) [es]

Duración:

106 min

País:

USA

Idioma:

English | French

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.50 : 1

Sonido:

Mono (Western Electric Recording)

Clasificación:

Ireland:PG | USA:Approved (certificate #17226) | Spain:T | Netherlands:6 | 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

Filming Locations:

Alpes-Maritimes, France

Company:

Paramount Pictures

Trivialidades:

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:

Continuity: The letter that H.H. Hughson gives to John Robie with the names of jewelry owners is folded into thirds horizontally, but later at the beach, when John Robie notices it has a wet thumb-print, the letter is folded in half vertically. In addition, the Stevens' address block has changed from 3 lines to 4 lines. "Chambre 541" has moved from the 2nd line to a separate, new 3rd line.

Quotes:

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!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Family Ties: To Snatch a Keith (#2.10)" (1983)

Great chemistry between the leads

The best thing about this film is the chemistry between leads Grant and Kelly. Grant is as debonair as usual and Kelly was never more glamorous. The costumes she wears are very flattering to her and she is to the clothes. The dialogue between them sparkles throughout and is a pleasure to watch even if the course of their relationship is predictable. Grant's self-deprecating in-jokes are another nice touch. Further pleasantly adding to the fantasy ambience is the spectacular photography of the French riviera. John Williams is also great as the insurance investigator, the type of character he played in Hitchcock's Dial M for Murder (also with Kelly) and in the Doris Day-Rex Harrison film, Midnight Lace. This film is not one of the most psychologically involving in Hitchcock's pantheon but it is not designed to be. It is enjoyed best as what it was produced to be: glossy high production value escapist fare. 8/10.