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

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