Remembering Cary Grant and Grace Kelly in... Alfred Hitchcock's To Catch a Thief (1955) 🎥 The Driving Scene. To Catch a Thief is a 1955 American romantic thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, from a screenplay by John Michael Hayes based on the 1952 novel of the same name by David Dodge. The film stars Cary Grant[3] as a retired cat burglar who has to save his reformed reputation by catching an imposter preying on the wealthy tourists of the French Riviera. Grace Kelly stars opposite him

Seventy years ago, in 1955, Alfred Hitchcock’s To Catch a Thief premiered in the U.S. Set against the dazzling Riviera, the film stars Cary Grant as a retired cat burglar and Grace Kelly as a wealthy heiress. Shot in lush VistaVision, it won an Oscar for cinematography and remains a stylish blend of suspense and glamour. Tragically, scenes were filmed on the same road where Grace Kelly would die decades later. | History of Cinema