All the while, the audience is torn between wanting to believe in the handsome man’s reformation, yet fearing his charm is insufficient for his lack of remorse over past indiscretions.Īlthough it suffers from slight glamorization of crime and portrayals of smoking, drinking, and gambling amongst the society set, the film still presents an engaging cat and mouse whodunit. With romantic sparks flying as high as fireworks over the Mediterranean, the headstrong pair exchange velvet-gloved sexual innuendos. Using all her seductive powers, the bedazzled blonde sets her own trap to catch a tiger by the tail. Pampered and bored, the heiress pounces on the opportunity for some adventure. Steven’s very eligible daughter Frances (Grace Kelly) figures out his true identity. However, his ruse runs into complications when Mrs. Using his gentleman’s demeanor, Robie pretends to be an American lumber tycoon, and cozies up to Jessie Stevens (Jessie Royce Landis), a wealthy and diamond-bedecked widow. That means anticipating the next victim of the real burglar. Knowing his innocence will be questioned until the copycat criminal is found, Robie determines to catch the impostor himself. Because the modus of operation is so similar, the police drop by his home hoping To Catch a Thief. Now, even after staying clean for fifteen years, a rash of recent robberies along the French Riviera has local authorities dusting off his file. Once known as “The Cat,” the former jewel thief thought he had paid his debt to society by serving his prison sentence in active military duty during World War II.
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