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To catch a thief / Paramount ; directed by Alfred Hitchcock ; screenplay by John Michael Hayes.

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: 59160081000 | Paramount Home Entertainment2065080 | Paramount2065082 | ParamountLanguage: English, French, Spanish Original language: English Subtitle language: English Publisher: Los Angeles, CA : Paramount Home Entertainment, [2017]Edition: Special collector's editionDescription: 2 videodiscs (106 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inContent type:
  • two-dimensional moving image
Media type:
  • video
Carrier type:
  • videodisc
Other title:
  • Alfred Hitchcock's To catch a thief [Cover title]
Uniform titles:
  • To catch a thief (Motion picture)
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Contents:
Disc 1. To catch a thief. Special features -- Disc 2. Special features.
Production credits:
  • Music, Lyn Murray ; cinematography, Robert Burks ; editor, George Tomasini.
Cast: Cary Grant, Grace Kelly, Jessie Royce Landis, Georgette Anys, John Williams.Summary: 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, he sees a chance to bait the mysterious thief with her mother's fabulous jewels. His plan backfires, however, but Frances, who believes him guilty, proves her love by helping him escape. In a spine-tingling climax, the real criminal is exposed.
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Adult DVD Adult DVD Dr. James Carlson Library DVD DRAMA TO CATCH Available 33111010003305
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

A jewel thief is at large on the Riviera, and all evidence points to retired cat burglar Cary Grant. Escaping the law, Grant heads to the Cote D'Azur, where he is greeted with hostility by his old partners in crime. All of them had been pardoned due to their courageous activities in the wartime Resistance, and all are in danger of arrest thanks to this new crime wave. But Grant pleads innocence, and vows to find out who's been copying his distinctive style. With the reluctant aid of detective John Williams, Grant launches his investigation by keeping tabs on the wealthiest vacationers on the Riviera. One such person is heavily bejeweled Jessie Royce Landis, who is as brash and outspoken as her daughter Grace Kelly is quiet and demure. But "still waters run deep," as they say, and soon Kelly is amorously pursuing the far-from-resistant Grant. Part of Kelly's attraction to Grant is the possibility that he is the thief; the prospect of danger really turns this gal on. Being Cary Grant, of course, he can't possibly be guilty, which is proven in due time. But by film's end, it's obvious that Kelly has fallen hard for Grant, crook or no crook. Occasionally written off as a lesser Alfred Hitchcock film (did we really need that third-act fashion show?), To Catch a Thief is actually as enjoyable and engaging now as it was 40 years ago. Though the Riviera location photography is pleasing, our favorite scene takes place in a Paramount Studios mockup of a luxury hotel suite, where Grant and Kelly make love while a fireworks display orgasmically erupts outside their window. And who could forget the scene where Jessie Royce Landis disdainfully stubs out a cigarette in an expensive plate of eggs? Adapted by frequent Hitchcock collaborator John Michael Hayes from a novel by David Dodge To Catch a Thief won an Academy Award for cinematographer Robert Burks. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

DVD, widescreen 16 x 9 ; 2.0 Dolby digital, Dolby digital mono.

English, French or Spanish dialogue; English, French, Spanish subtitles; closed captioned.

Title from disc label.

Cary Grant, Grace Kelly, Jessie Royce Landis, Georgette Anys, John Williams.

Originally released as a motion picture in 1955.

Wide screen.

Rating: Not rated.

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, he sees a chance to bait the mysterious thief with her mother's fabulous jewels. His plan backfires, however, but Frances, who believes him guilty, proves her love by helping him escape. In a spine-tingling climax, the real criminal is exposed.

Special features: Disc 1: commentary by Dr. Drew Casper. Disc 2. A night with the Hitchcocks, Unacceptalbe under the code: film censorship in Hollywood, Writing and casting To catch a thief, The making of To catch a thief, Behind the scenes: Cary Grant and Grace Kelly, Alfred Hitchcock and To catch a thief: an appreciation, Edith Head: the Paramount years, original theatrical trailer, If you love To catch a thief, you'll love this interactive travelogue, galleries.

Disc 1. To catch a thief. Special features -- Disc 2. Special features.

Music, Lyn Murray ; cinematography, Robert Burks ; editor, George Tomasini.

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