The cinematography, witty dialogue, interplay between Cary Grant & Grace Kelly (as well as Brigitte Auber & Jessie Royce Landis), the scenery (even at Foussard's funeral with the hills and trees in the background). I've seen it five times now and cannot get bored with it.
Is anyone else enamoured with this movie? I know most Hitchcock fans don't discuss it alongside Rear Window and Psycho, but I feel it should be talked of more.
Surely it's very enjoyable and obviously fantastically executed. A movie made as this, if released today, would be called the best picture of the year. It's probably the subject matter and its tone which undermine its values. But movies such as "To Catch a Thief" prove that Hitchcock has been the only one who fully understood the capacities of the medium, looked for another places to explore and every single time in his prime did it with full conviction and unmatchable precision.
shareI love it. Great characters, story, gorgeous scenery etc. Don't know how many times i've seen it, but it's a lot.
shareIt richly deserved the Academy Award it won . . .
shareI watched it again, and the double entendres, suggestions, and wit of the dialogue still are endlessly engaging. There is a magic in To Catch a Thief, sadly there is no chance a movie like this could be made today.
there is no chance
shareProbably his lightest movie.
shareIt's a great film. Whenever I watch it, I'm always left with a strong desire to visit the beach.
The innuendo filled lines still raise eyebrows. Grace is at her most beautiful, and Cary at his most suave and handsome. Edith Head's costumes are gorgeous.
Go to bed Frank or this is going to get ugly .