To Catch a Thief (Special Collector's Edition)
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), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; English (Subtitled); French (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
Format: Collector's Edition, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, NTSC, Special Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 106 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-05-08
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Paramount
Movie Reviews of To Catch a Thief (Special Collector's Edition)
Movie Review: Good, not great, but worth watching anyways...
Summary: 4 Stars
Lighter Hitchcock, `To Catch a Thief' is fun, entertaining and delightful, but sadly it is so light and fluffy that it remains forgettable and rather uninspired. Cary Grant and Grace Kelly make for a beautiful (despite his overly tanned physic) and engaging on-screen couple, but this tale of thievery and romance is very `been-there-done-that' with little to make it demand our attention a second time. It possesses Hitchcock's astounding visual sense, but it lacks the edge that he lends to his other films.
When a slew of burglaries reminiscent of those committed by John `The Cat' Robie make Robie the prime suspect he finds that he is using his talent to track down the real thief and clear his name. Along the way he finds himself romantically involved with the beautiful (and wealthy) Frances Stevens, a young woman who happens to have an inkling as to who John `really' is. As he gets closer and closer to the truth he finds that the truth may very well be the end (literally) of `The Cat'.
Like I said, the film is good, but there isn't really any `pop' here. The acting is fine. Cary Grant was used a lot by Hitchcock, but for me this is one of his less creative and interesting performances. He is ridiculously tan here, which also makes him look rather leathery and old, which takes away from his `he's so cute and charming' appeal. For me, this film is elevated because Grace Kelly is so deliciously charming here. She really carries the film, and her natural giddy almost childish infatuation with Robie's true identity is appealing and engaging.
I love her.
The final rooftop chase scene is brilliant (leave it to Hitchcock to capture some suspense), I just wish that the rest of the film had had that crafty intensity. Instead, this feels like a warmed over love story with a chase scene or two thrown in for good measure. It could have really been something better if it had switched focus to something more admirable. Still, it gets a B from me, a low B, but a B. It is lightweight Hitch, but it's still Hitch, and it contains some of his signature director touches that make this a worthy viewing, even if it is only once.
This is still better than the dreadfully overrated `Rear Window'.
Summary of To Catch a Thief (Special Collector's Edition)
Cary Grant plays John Robie reformed jewel thief who was once known as "The Cat" in this suspenseful Alfred Hitchcock classic thriller. Robie is suspected of a new rash of gem thefts in the luxury hotels of the French Riviera and he must set out to clear himself. Meeting pampered heiress Frances (Grace Kelly) he sees a chance to bait the mysterious thief with her mother's (Jessie Royce Landis) fabulous jewels. His plan backfires however but France who believes him guilty proves her love by helping him escape. In a spine-tingling climax the real criminal is exposed. System Requirements:Runtime: 106 minsFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre:?ACTION/ADVENTURE/THRILLERS Rating:?NR UPC:?097361207346 Manufacturer No:?120734One of the creamiest of all of Alfred Hitchcock's films, To Catch a Thief is something like pure pleasure. Begin ticking off the ingredients of this 1955 movie and you'll get the picture: Cary Grant, Grace Kelly, the French Riviera, champagne, fireworks, cat burglary. Mmm, it already feels good. Grant plays a retired thief who becomes a suspect when valuable things begin disappearing along the Cote d'Azur. The diamonds hanging from the well-sculpted neck of Grace Kelly would appear to be the newest target, but it's just possible that actual romance might also be wafting through the Mediterranean air. The lightness of the story keeps To Catch a Thief from being one of the masterpieces of Hitchcock's great run in the 1950s, but it is very difficult to cavil about the sunny locations, Grant's elegant aplomb, and Kelly's shrewd withholding of her sexual interest beneath the ice-queen exterior. John Michael Hayes provided the amusing script (which stretches double entendres to their limit, especially in a romantic discussion of fried chicken), Edith Head the splendid costumes. If the movie has any weight at all, it's in proving that at this point in his career Hitchcock was consumed with charting the tricky terrain of male-female courtship; if issues of trust are treated here with a light touch, they nevertheless matter as much as the mechanical working-out of Mr. H's suspense stories. --Robert Horton
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