The costumes were by Edith Head, including Kelly's memorable gold lamГ© gown for the film's costume ball. It is also about a man with a mistaken identity who goes on a breakneck adventure to prove his innocence. The film was the penultimate collaboration with Cary Grant only North by Northwest (1959) followed. To Catch a Thief was the director's first film (of five) made using the VistaVision widescreen process, and the last of the three Hitchcock films with Grace Kelly. Alfred Hitchcock makes his signature cameo, approximately ten minutes into the film, as a bus passenger sitting next to Cary Grant.Paul Newlan as Vegetable Man in Kitchen (uncredited).RenГ© Blancard as Commissaire Lepic (uncredited).Georgette Anys as Germaine, housekeeper.Jean Martinelli as Foussard, Danielle's father.He agrees but looks less than thrilled when she says, 'Mother will love it up here.' Frances follows to convince him that she has a place in his life.

While she hangs in his grasp, he forces her to confess to the police and admit that Bertani was the ringleader of this gang. She loses her footing on the roof, but Robie grabs her hand before she can fall. Unmasked, his nemesis turns out to be Danielle. He flees as they shoot at him, but he nonetheless manages to corner his foe with jewels in hand.

However, just as his pursuit begins, the police throw a spotlight on him and demand he halt. Robie lurks on the rooftop, and his patience is finally rewarded when he spots a figure in black. When the masked Moor and Frances go to her room, the mask is removed: it was Hughson, who switched places with Robie to conceal Robie's exit. Upon the masked Moor's return, the police wait as he and Frances dance together all night. When Jessie addresses the Moor as 'John' and asks him to go and get her 'heart pills', the authorities are tipped off as to his identity. Upstairs, the cat burglar silently cleans out several jewel boxes. Robie accompanies Frances to the ball dressed as a masked Moor. Robie asks Frances to arrange his attendance at a fancy masquerade ball, where he believes the Cat will strike again. Outside the graveyard, Frances apologizes to Robie and confesses her love. The police chief publicly announces that Foussard was the jewel thief, but, as Robie points out privately in the abashed Hughson's presence, this would have been impossible because Foussard had a wooden leg, and could not climb on rooftops.ДЇoussard's funeral is interrupted by Danielle's loud accusation that Robie is responsible for her father's death. But when the police reach the body in the water, it turns out to be Foussard, one of the staff at Bertani's restaurant. A second attacker raises a wrench and appears to hit Robie, who falls off the estate's seawall into the water. Later, Robie is staking out an estate at night when he is attacked by an unknown assailant. The police are called, but by the time they reach Jessie's room, Robie has disappeared. Frances accuses Robie of using her as a distraction so he could steal her mother's jewelry. The next morning, Jessie discovers her jewels are gone. He initially denies it, but concedes it that evening when she has invited him to her room to watch a fireworks display. Frances reveals that she knows Robie's real identity. Frances accompanies Robie on a 'picnic' to a villa where Robie suspects the new Cat might break in. He keeps up his cover of being a wealthy American tourist, despite Danielle's jealous barbs about his interest in Frances. The day after, Frances invites Robie to a swim at the beach, where Robie runs into Danielle. Frances feigns modesty at first, but kisses Robie at the end of the night before retiring to her room. American tourists Jessie Stevens, a wealthy nouveau riche widow, and her daughter Frances, top the list. Hughson, who reluctantly discloses a list of the most expensive jewelry owners currently on the Riviera. He enlists the aid of an insurance man, H. Robie realizes he can prove his innocence by catching the new Cat in the act. When the police arrive at the restaurant looking for Robie, Foussard's daughter spirits him to safety Danielle is a young woman who fancies him dearly. They are angry at Robie because they are all under suspicion as long as the new Cat is active. The restaurant's staff are members of Robie's old gang, who have been paroled for their work in the French Resistance during World War II. When they come to his hilltop villa to question him, he slips their grasp and heads to a restaurant owned by his friend Bertani. Retired jewel thief John 'The Cat' Robie is suspected by the police in a string of burglaries on the French Riviera.

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