To Catch a Thief

For other uses, see To Catch a Thief (disambiguation).
To Catch a Thief
Theatrical release poster
Directed byAlfred Hitchcock
Screenplay byJohn Michael Hayes
Based onTo Catch a Thief
by David Dodge
Produced byAlfred Hitchcock
Starring
CinematographyRobert Burks
Edited byGeorge Tomasini
Music byLyn Murray
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • August 3, 1955 (1955-08-03) (Los Angeles)[1]
Running time
106 minutes
CountryUnited States
Languages
  • English
  • French
Budget$2.5 million
Box office$4.5 million (U.S. rentals)[2]
$8.75 million

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.[3] The film stars Cary Grant as a retired cat burglar who has to save his reformed reputation by catching an impostor preying on wealthy tourists (including an oil-rich widow and her daughter played by Grace Kelly) on the French Riviera.

  1. ^ "To Catch a Thief – Details". American Film Institute. Retrieved June 25, 2018.
  2. ^ "The Top Box-Office Hits of 1955". Variety Weekly. January 25, 1956.
  3. ^ Crowther, Bosley (August 5, 1955). "To Catch a Thief (1955) Screen: Cat Man Out 'To Catch a Thief'; Grant is Ex-Burglar in Hitchcock Thriller". The New York Times.