To Catch a Thief (The Centennial Collection)
by Alfred Hitchcock
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Actor: Cary Grant, Charles Vanel, Grace Kelly, Jessie Royce Landis, John WilliamsDirector: Alfred Hitchcock
Brand: PARAMOUNT HOME VIDEO
Cinematographer: Robert Burks
Producer: Alfred Hitchcock
Editor: George Tomasini
Writer: Alec Coppel
Writer: David Dodge
Writer: John Michael Hayes
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Dubbed); Spanish (Dubbed)
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, NTSC, Original recording remastered, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 106 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2009-03-24
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Paramount
DVD Reviews of To Catch a Thief (The Centennial Collection)
DVD Review: thanks for the dvd
Summary: 3 Stars
I was grateful to receive the dvd so that my mother could have the older movies she enjoys to watch. I highly recommended that anyone looking for older movies to use this distributor. Highly reommendedDVD Review: PRETTY NEAR PERFECTION
Summary: 5 Stars
This is one of Hitch's 'lighter' films, which doesn't mean there isn't some genuine tension, or suspense. It's just that there's a lot more double entendre, humor, and romance than one usually associates with most of his films. Then, of course, teaming Grace Kelly with Cary Grant on the French Riviera pretty much screamed romance, and on top of this there's the luscious, academy-award-winning cinematography of Robert Burk. The dialogue in this marvelously witty, romp is also magically delicious. Grant is dashing, ascerbic, and charming, and Kelly is simply dazzling in Edith Head's beautiful gowns. The chemistry between the two stars hardly needed actual fireworks, and one can only imagine Hitchcock smiling hugely as the night sky outside the hotel window erupts with overkill behind them as they kiss. TO CATCH A THIEF is a must for any serious film-lover.DVD Review: To Catch a Thief (Special Collector's Edition)
Summary: 4 Stars
To Catch A Thief
Alfred Hitchcock's To Catch A Thief is a light hearted romp on the French Rivera. The French Rivera was one of Hitchcock's favorite locales and setting this movie there was like coming home.
Of course, you have the suave Cary Grant, aging but still on top of his game, and the beautiful Grace Kelly. The world lost a great actress when she found her Prince Charming and left the film world forever.
With car chases along cliffs and a mysterious thief depriving the rich women of their precious jewels, you have a great film filled with humor and suspense. The ending is a bit of Hitchcock's mischief.
Edith Head's costumes are in the grand European tradition. She was nominated for an Oscar. Roger Burks's beautiful cinematography won the only Oscar.
The DVD quality is excellent as a number of reviewers have stated. This is a great film in the old tradition of comedy and suspense with a tidy mystery tossed in for good measure.
DVD Review: Paramount does up the "Thief" just right!
Summary: 5 Stars
The 1955 Hitchcock drama/thriller "To Catch a Thief" gets the high hat treatment as part of Paramount's two disc Centennial collection of movies.
The movie filmed in Vistavision(Hitchcock's first in this format)stars the suave,debonair and very much tanned Cary Grant and the soon to be real Princess of Monaco,looking stunning I might add,Grace Kelly.All outside footage was shot on the French Riviera in and around the Nice area...and beautiful is the scenery we see throughout.
The film concerns itself with a famous pre-WW2 thief by the name of John Robie(Grant).During the war he was part of the Maquis and became quite famous for his heroic exploits with them.After the war he went legit and is living a contented life in a wonderful villa over looking the Mediterranean until some 15 years later when another thief starts to pick up where Robie left off;copying Robie's style to a tee.
The local constabulary of course suspect him right away.When they come a-knocking Robie leads them on a wild goose chase and for the first while stays barely a step ahead of them.He seeks out an ex-Maquis friend named Bertani who runs a restaurant and who offers his assistance.However his staff,who are also all ex freedom fighters,view Robie as persona non grata,think he's guilty and want no part of him.
Bertani hooks him up with the local Lloyd's of London agent(John Williams) who is the insurer for many of the victim's of the thefts.Robie figures the best person to catch the thief is himself as no one would know the thief's next moves better.The agent supplies him with a list of individuals and their insured property so Robie can get a better handle on what and who might be next.
The police eventually catch Robie but release him on a short leash,so they think,in order for him to prove his innocence.Robie meets up with a rich American widower Jessie Stevens(Jessie Landis)and her daughter Francie(Kelly).It is inevitable that Kelly falls hard for Grant's charms but Francie knows from the start who he really is.She is a headstrong girl and won't take no to helping Robie play out his scheme.She gets him invited to a masquerade ball and it is at that event that Grant finally manages to get his man,er crook.Through a lonely vigil on the roof,while the police think he's on the grounds dancing with Francie(it is really the Lloyd's of London man in disguise),he finally comes face to face with the real thief and in the end catches and exonerates himself.The film ends with Grant and Kelly in a passionate embrace.....ahh,viva la romance!
The film,though not a great film,is still very enjoyable throughout and typical Hitchcock.(Watch for his cameo a short way into the film on a bus-Grant looks at him,then out the bus window to a fade out).It has a lot of plot twists and visual turns that keep you guessing throughout.The scenery in the film is just wonderful and is almost a travelogue in itself.It is of no coincidence that the film was shot where it was.This was a favourite spot for the Hitchcock clan to vacation at and Kelly herself about a year later would become the reigning queen of the principality of Monaco in this very region.
I would give the film itself four stars but in the technical department and with the features supplied in this set,I have added another star to give it full marks.The picture has been remastered wonderfully(as have all the films in this series)and the colours are crisp and rich looking.The second disc of this set contains a real bonanza of riches.Here are some of the things included:A short bio of Hitchcock,a short film on the censorship code prevelant during the /50s,a short on the writing and casting of the film,a short on the making of the film,a short look at its' two main stars,an "appreciative" look at the film,a short on costumer Edith Head,the trailer,several still galleries and an interactive map of the the French Riviera and the actual spots at which the film was shot.I think you will agree this is a stunning array of extras which makes overall for an even more enjoyable experience.
In conclusion,the film gets a solid four stars and the extras contained therein push it all the way to the max.An intriguing and interesting plot keeps one guessing throughout the films run.With this restored print the scenery is shown at its' magnificent best,as are its' cast and two main stars Cary Grant and Grace Kelly.This is the only way "To Catch a Thief".
DVD Review: Movie classic
Summary: 5 Stars
A great movie for all ages...Hitchcock, Kelly, and Grant--a great combination, filmed in sunny France.
Description of To Catch a Thief (The Centennial Collection)
Studio: Paramount Home Video Release Date: 03/24/2009 Run time: 106 minutes Rating: NrThis minor 1955 work by Alfred Hitchcock, one of the lighter entries of his creative peak in the 1950s, is still imbued with the master's stock themes of shared guilt and romantic ambivalence. It is also hardly lacking in Hitchcockian cinematic inventiveness, such as a famous, often-imitated sequence in which some smooching between stars Cary Grant and Grace Kelly is intercut with a fireworks show that just happens to be going on outside in a Riviera setting. Grant plays a reformed cat burglar who is suspected of reviving his trade, though he knows someone else is using his old methods. A very enjoyable experience, but don't get this confused with Hitchcock's other Cary Grant film of that decade, which was a masterpiece: North by Northwest. --Tom Keogh
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