Other than the bespectacled Bertani, Robie seemingly finds his closest ally in Foussard’s spunky, lovestruck teenage daughter Danielle (Brigitte Auber), who helps him escape to safety by sea.ĭanielle and Robie both follow the French tradition of wearing stripes at sea. John Robie: Oh, but I could, and I’m the only one who could because I can anticipate him, try to figure out his next move, and then get there ahead of him and catch him with his hand right in the jewel case.
John Robie: I’ve got to catch this imitator myself.īertani: You couldn’t do more than the police. “I came here for one reason, to tell these men-and you-that I had nothing to do with the robberies.”Īs the reformed thieves also suspect their former colleague of returning to crime, Robie determines that he must act alone in finding the cat burglar that has so accurately mimicked his modus operandi not just to clear his name with the police but also with his friends. “And now if there’s any crime on the Riviera, we’re the first to be suspected by the police,” Robie confirms with Bertani. Robie easily gives the bumbling detectives the slip, traveling by bus to Cannes where he retreats into the safety of his old gang, including Bertani (Charles Vanel) and Foussard (Jean Martinelli), all of whom are now working at Bertani’s restaurant. Alfred Hitchcock’s signature cameo comes early in To Catch a Thief, portraying a bored passenger on the bus that spirits John Robie (Cary Grant) from his quiet countryside villa to the bustling Cannes.Īn epidemic of jewel robberies across the fashionable resorts of the French Riviera lead the authorities to the picturesque hilltop villa of John Robie (Cary Grant), a former jewel thief who seemingly redeemed himself with his service to the French Resistance during World War II and now spends his life “raising grapes and flowers,” though Robie’s smooth and unmistakable criminal signature leaves the Sûreté with little doubt that he’s their man.
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