The film stars Cary Grant as a retired cat burglar who has to save his reformed reputation by catching an imposter. Grace Kelly stars opposite him as his romantic interest in her final film with Hitchcock. In May 2018, it was announced that Viacom was set to adapt the film as a Spanish-language television series. It was launched in October 2019 as Atrapa a un ladrón.
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The film stars Cary Grant as a retired cat burglar who has to save his reformed reputation by catching an imposter preying on the wealthy tourists of the French Riviera. Grace Kelly stars opposite him as his romantic interest in her final film with Hitchcock. In May 2018, it was announced that Viacom was set to adapt the film as a Spanish-language television series. It was launched in October 2019 as Atrapa a un ladrón. The film is based on the 1952 novel of the same name by David Dodge. The pattern of a string of jewel robberies causes the police to believe that the infamous jewel thief John \”The Cat\” Robie has left his comfortable retirement of growing grapes and flowers. Robie recognizes he can prove his innocence by catching the new Cat in the act. He enlists the aid of an insurance man, H. H. Hughson, who reluctantly discloses a list of the most expensive jewelry owners currently on the Riviera, including Jessie Stevens, a wealthy nouveau riche widow.
The police are called, but Robie has disappeared. To catch him, Robie stakes out an estate at night. He struggles with an attacker. A second attacker raises a wrench and appears to hit Robie, who falls off the estate’s seawall into the water. But it is Foussard who dies in the fall. At the ball, Frances is resplendent in a gold gown, whilst Robie is unrecognizable behind the mask of a Moor. 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. He flees as they shoot at him, but he manages to demand to hand over his jewels in his hand. He is finally rewarded when he spots a figure in black just as the police throw a spotlight on him and he flees. He looks less than thrilled when she says she has a place in his life.
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