With cold chicken both satisfy their hunger and Robie overcomes the shock that Stevens knows about Robie’s criminal past. It wouldn’t be long before the Principality would take on a pivotal role in Grace Kelly’s life. Stevens then looks for a remote spot to have a picnic with Robie: Her choice falls on a vantage point from which there is a perfect view of the Principality of Monaco. But Robie is in for a shock: Frances Stevens knows very well that her partner is being pursued by the police and hangs up on the pursuers. When Robie urges Stevens to speed up, the moment of truth arrives: so far, Robie believes Stevens knows nothing about the rumors that he’s back on a jewel hunt. When Frances takes her companion Robie for a spin in her Sunbeam Alpine cabriolet, the two are pursued by the police. The second major costume highlight can be seen in the finale of the film: At a masquerade ball at the end of the film, Grace wears a Louis XV dress – made of gold lamé. She doesn’t let John Robie get near her until the last moment, when she kisses him unexpectedly outside her hotel room.

The result is phenomenal: the cold blue chiffon dress Frances Stevens wears at her first meeting with John Robie matches her state of mind in this scene: she seems cold and aloof. Before Grace had even signed the contract for To Catch a Thief, Edith Head was already commissioned by Grace to begin designing the film’s costumes. The film’s real message, however, lies not in its plot, but in its cultural message: representative of the film’s cultural message are, among other things, the costumes designed by Edith Head for Grace. Robie denies being responsible for the crimes.įrances Stevens (Grace Kelly), daughter of a nouveau-riche widow, finds herself in the middle of the plot: A relationship develops between Robie and Stevens, overshadowed by Stevens’ suspicions that Robie stole her mother’s jewels…. Because of numerous jewel thefts in the recent past, rumors are growing that The Cat has returned after a long time. Robie’s nickname is The Cat, because as a thief he displayed all the characteristics of a feline. To Catch a Thief thrives on the atmosphere of the Riviera: everything revolves around the jewel thief John Robie (Cary Grant), who gave up his profession many years ago.

The first part of the shooting took place on the Riviera. The summer of 1954 is a unique event in the life of actress and later Princess of Monaco Grace Kelly: from the end of May until September, filming took place for the new Hitchcock film To Catch a Thief, in which Grace Kelly was to star alongside Cary Grant.

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