Review of To Catch a Thief (1955) by Ashley H — 04 Sep 2008
A bit of a departure for Alfred Hitchcock, somewhat lighter and with less of the trademark suspense. Thoroughly enjoyable, though. Cary Grant was playing Cary Grant by this time, and no one could do it better.
And Grace Kelly is excellent! The snappy dialogue with the sexual innuendo was done perfectly. And huge kudos to Brigitte Auber, who was gorgeous and good. An interesting aside was that Grant's character, while pretending to be someone else, claimed to have been an American circus acrobat, which Grant sort of was early in life (albeit English, not American.
) Grant (with his accent) could really never be mistaken for an American, even though he usually played one. Also it was a little eerie to see Grace Kelly driving so fast on those French Riviera cliffside roads, in light of what happened to her later.
Anyway, this film is a must for fans of Hitchcock, Kelly or Grant.
This review of To Catch a Thief (1955) was written by Ashley H on 04 Sep 2008.
To Catch a Thief has generally received very positive reviews.
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