To Catch a Thief

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)
Running time
106 minutes
CountryUnited States
Languages
  • English
  • French
Budget$2.5 million
Box office$4.5 million (U.S. rentals)
$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. 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.