Usually, I would recommend a romantic comedy that I loved moreover believe intriguing the first time around. And at times I just have a sense of boredom and sometimes just need a good sense of inspiration as well as something new and in all fairness this February Recommendation is a sense a romantic movie with a blend of both suspense and drama. And more importantly it's directed by Sir Alfred Hitchcock so, what's not to love about To Catch a Thief, especially when you have the best leading man and one of the most beautiful women in 50's Hollywood.
Notorious cat burglar John Robbie (Cary Grant) has long since retired to tend vineyards on the French Rivera. When a series of robberies is committed in his style, John must clear his name. Armed with a list of people who own the most expensive jewels currently in the area, John begins following the first owner, young Francie (Grace Kelly). When her jewels are stolen, Francie suspects John, destroying their tentative romance. John goes on the prowl, to catch the thief and clear his own name.
Now let’s not forget Cary Grant turned down the roles for both Roman Holiday and Sabrina, all because he felt he was too old for those roles and yet with this movie he's in a role where he's falling in love with Grace Kelly and Grace Kelly was only twenty-five years of age when the film was made and released. So, yeah talk about massive hypocrisy in the sense of Cary Grant moreover I thinks it's funny because majority of those guys in the fifties films we're making out with the young dames, and hell Bogart married Lauren Bacall in her mid-twenties I mean if you can't find the strong sense of what true love is I don't know what is, moreover it's not like you having intercourse with the women in the fifties your just kissing that's like first base when it comes to the forties and fifties, and I would imagine Hitchcock gave Grant the talk about his ego maybe called him a "whore" (just my opinion) moreover told him to sign for this movie. Now all jokes a side, To Catch a Thief is probably the best collaboration with Cary Grant and Alfred Hitchcock moreover I look at this film as a prototype for what the Bond films would be in the later years furthermore I think Hitchcock would make a great Bond film although I doubted he wanted to but still I would almost look at this as Hitchcock's own version of a Bond movie. But more importantly Hitchcock was still making a great suspenseful movie while weaving a great blend of a love story between Grant and Grace Kelly moreover I thought these two actually have a great on screen chemistry like you want these two to be together in the very end and you even have a great sort of love triangle with actress Brigitte Auber who becomes a big flirt to Cary Grant as well as being jealous towards Grace Kelly. Majority of the film was shot in the Paramount Studios but a good chunk of the movie was shot in the southeastern parts of France and I think even the ocean scene almost looks like it was shot in France and I may be wrong but either way I love the whole confrontation between both Grant and the attractive women was great on screen. This movie came out in 1955 and Grace Kelly had one year left before she went on to marry the Prince of Monaco and her career was done which really I haven't seen her movies in 56 but I guess if your closing out a remarkable career like Grace Kelly, To Catch a Thief I would say is one of her best films close tie with Rear Window but I would say those years between 54 and 55 were for sure Grace Kelly's best years as an actress. Now if you’re looking for something fresh and new, moreover getting bored of all the romantic comedies or the lame Nicholas Sparks films as well as the romance movies that Hallmark movies binge out each year. To Catch a Thief is one of those great blends of romance and suspenseful/action film that can satisfy both male and female. And so, if you’re looking for something to bridge the gap with love or your life then I would highly recommend purchasing or renting To Catch a Thief this February, especially today on Valentine's Day.
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