Claim: Grace Kelly did her job with Alfred Hitchcock.

To Catch a Thief is a 1955 romantic thriller 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 a new `` cat '' preying on the wealthy tourists of the French Riviera . Grace Kelly stars opposite him as his romantic interest in her final film with Hitchcock .