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To Catch a Thief (1955)

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• 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.
  
  
• Factual errors: When driving, John and Frances lean the wrong way when Frances turns the wheel..
  
  
• Factual errors: In the police car chase of John Robie and Francie, John and Francie lean in one direction going around turns, but the police repeatedly lean in the opposite direction going around the same turns.
  
  

• Continuity: When Danielle is taking John to the beach club to avoid the police, they briefly stop the boat to discuss moving to South America. During the conversation, Danielle waves her finger at John, but in the next shot her arms are crossed.
  
  
• Continuity: On the list of jewelry owners, the room number of Mrs. Jessie Stevens is given as 541, but when John Robie accompanies Mrs. Stevens and her daughter to their rooms, the numbers on their doors are 625 and 623 respectively.
  
  
• Revealing mistakes: The note with the warning message on Carlton Hotel stationary that John Robie receives at the hotel's front desk before going to the Beach with Francie has the impression of a similar message on it, made when the prop department was creating various notes for the director to select for use in this scene.
  
  
• Continuity: John says he'll leave his clothes with Danielle, but later, when he is at the flower market, he's in the same clothes.
  
  
• Continuity: When Hughson hands Robie the list of jewel owners, he hands it to him with his right hand. But in the next shot the list is suddenly in his left hand.
  
  
• Continuity: When Robie and Hughson are walking at the flower market they look back at a few men following them. As they do, a woman in a bright pink dress is walking towards the two men behind them. But as they turn back, the same woman (who should have been behind them) is walking towards Robie and Hughson.
  
  
• Continuity: When John is holding onto Danielle as she is hanging off the roof during her confession scene, in shots looking up at him, John is gripping Danielle's wrist overhanded with an ungloved hand and she has a glove on (which is how he caught her as she fell). In shots looking down at her, Danielle's ungloved hand is gripping John's gloved hand.
  
  
• Crew or equipment visible: When driving from the villa, before the picnic, the reflections of the studio lights can be seen on the car.
  
  

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