Talk:To Catch a Thief

message: Would anyone out there would like to proofread this ?
I've replaced "before him dangles her jewels" with "dangles her jewels before him," as I had before. Pittsburgh Poet (talk) 15:55, 7 September 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: proofread?

message: Is it true that Grace Kelly died in a car accident a couple years after in the same location where they filmed the "get away" scene? Source: http://hitchcock.tv/mov/to_catch_a_thief/thief.html --Joel M. 22:54, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: It's an urban myth. Prince Albert denied this himself in this interview with Larry King. As such, I have removed it. No need to perpetuate the myth. 24.72.176.211 (talk) 11:30, 27 November 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: The car is a Sunbeam Alpine.Lathamibird (talk) 11:34, 12 August 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Grace Kelly trivia 

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message: Who designed Kelly's wardrobe? --Error 23:11, 28 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: It was Edith Head.  You can see one of her sketches for the film here. Davepattern (talk) 14:47, 25 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Kelly's wardrobe

message: There was also a 1936 film by the same name:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0028387/
Should there be a disambiguation page made for To Catch a Thief? Now the the link to To Catch a Thief goes to the 1952 novel. David Straub (talk) 15:24, 1 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: 1936 film

message: I saw the film 2 nights ago and yesterday noticed that the description of the plot suggested that a "switch" was made, i.e. 2 characters exchanged places:
'At the ball, Francie is resplendent in a gold gown, Robie unrecognizable behind the mask of a Moor. The police hover nearby. Upstairs, the cat burglar silently cleans out several jewel boxes. When Jessie asks the Moor to go get her "heart pills," Robie’s voice tips off his identity to the authorities. Upon his return the police wait out Francie and the Moor as they dance the night away. Finally, Francie and the Moor go to her room, and the mask is removed: it is Hughson, switched to conceal Robie’s exit.'
I don't believe this "switch" occurs.  Jessie and Francie simply mislead the police into supposing the Moor is Robie, when in fact it is Hughson.  I therefore changed the above text to read:
'At the ball, Francie is resplendent in a gold gown, and she and Jessie are accompanied by a masked Moor. The police, who have been trailing Robie, hover nearby. Upstairs, the cat burglar silently cleans out several jewel boxes. When Jessie asks the Moor to go get her "heart pills," she refers to him as "John" and is admonished by Francie. Upon his return the police wait out Francie and the Moor as they dance the night away. Finally, Francie and the Moor go to her room, and the mask is removed: the Moor is in fact Hughson.'
This change has been reversed by user Ring Cinema. I'm confident of my recollection, but am trying to locate a DVD of the film to check.  Furthermore, if a "switch" did occur it would make the dialogue I described redundant, as well as a later query by Jessie as to whether she played her part well. I can't recollect Hitchcock ever expecting the audience to recognise a character by their voice in any other movie - after all he learnt his trade in the silent era and later cast Sean Connery as an American in Marnie! 
May I reapply my change?--TimJoslin (talk) 14:19, 28 September 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: You are mistaken. There is a switch. That is why he is sent upstairs: to switch. Cary Grant's voice is heard from behind the mask of the Moor, and this is confirmed by reading the transcription. --Ring Cinema (talk) 16:43, 28 September 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree with Ring Cinema. There was definitely a switch. There were two points to Jessie asking for her heart pills. The first is so that Robie could speak out loud, so that everyone would think that he's behind the mask even after the switch has been made. The second is to give him a valid excuse to leave the ball and make the switch with Hughson. Just because it's not something Hitchcock had done before does not mean that it was something that the audience wouldn't be able to understand. All the dialogue, in both the ball and afterword in the room, even make it seem a little heavy handed, I'd say.109.128.171.121 (talk) 16:18, 20 January 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Having just watched it - Lord, Hitchcock on VERY poor form - it is perfectly obvious that there was a switch and that H intended the audience to notice it. Before he gets the pills, he speaks, when he gets back, he doesn’t. KJP1 (talk) 21:39, 10 April 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Masked Moor 

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message: "...including a wealthy widow, played by Grace Kelly"
The widow is Kelly's character's mother. 86.163.201.20 (talk) 16:32, 24 December 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Edit needed.