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* ChannelHop: Among the six movies that Creator/AlfredHitchcock directed for Creator/{{Paramount}}, only this one averted it when rights to four of the other five went to Hitchcock's estate, and ''Film/{{Psycho}}'' to Creator/{{Universal}}.
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* PopCultureUrbanLegends: There are persistent rumours that Creator/GraceKelly's fatal car accident in 1982 occurred at the spot where she and Creator/CaryGrant stopped for a picnic, or at least on the roads along which she is seen [[DrivesLikeCrazy driving recklessly]]. Her son, Prince Albert II of Monaco, has denied this.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: [[http://www.scribd.com/doc/17716412/To-Catch-a-Thief-Screenplay The original script's ending]] resolves a lot more than the actual film's ending does, including the arrest of the BigBad (though the scene blatantly hints that he and Danielle have a getaway plan in the works.) But apparently much to the scipt writer's dismay, [[ExecutiveMeddling Hitchcock changed it]] so that the film ends rather abruptly and with a joke. Hitchcock had wanted to do something similar with ''Film/StrangersOnATrain'', end the film at Guy's acquittal, but the studio wouldn't let him.

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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: [[http://www.scribd.com/doc/17716412/To-Catch-a-Thief-Screenplay The original script's ending]] resolves a lot more than the actual film's ending does, including the arrest of the BigBad (though the scene blatantly hints that he and Danielle have a getaway plan in the works.) works). But apparently much to the scipt writer's dismay, [[ExecutiveMeddling Hitchcock changed it]] so that the film ends rather abruptly and with a joke. Hitchcock had wanted to do something similar with ''Film/StrangersOnATrain'', end the film at Guy's acquittal, but the studio wouldn't let him.
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* AFIS100Years100Passions: #46
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filming was between May-September 1954


* DawsonCasting: Danielle is a teenager and she says that Francie looks old. She was played by Brigitte Auber, who was 27 at the time (dob 4-27-1925), and more than four years older than Creator/GraceKelly (dob 11-12-1929).

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* DawsonCasting: Danielle is a teenager and she says that Francie looks old. She was played by Brigitte Auber, who was 27 29 at the time (dob 4-27-1925), (born April 27, 1925), and more than four years older than Creator/GraceKelly (dob 11-12-1929).(born November 12, 1929).
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Clarification of how much older Brigitte Auber was than Grace Kelly.


* DawsonCasting: Danielle is a teenager and she says that Francie looks old. She was played by Brigitte Auber, who was 27 at the time, and more than a year older than Creator/GraceKelly.

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* DawsonCasting: Danielle is a teenager and she says that Francie looks old. She was played by Brigitte Auber, who was 27 at the time, time (dob 4-27-1925), and more than a year four years older than Creator/GraceKelly.Creator/GraceKelly (dob 11-12-1929).
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* VacationDearBoy: Creator/AlfredHitchock made the film because he fancied a holiday in the south of France.

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* VacationDearBoy: Creator/AlfredHitchock Creator/AlfredHitchcock made the film because he fancied a holiday in the south of France.
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* ThrowItIn: The lines in the picnic scene, when Francie asks John, "Do you want a leg or a breast?" and he responds, "You make the choice.", were improvised.

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* ThrowItIn: The lines in the picnic scene, when Francie asks John, "Do you want a leg or a breast?" and he responds, "You make the choice.", choice," were improvised.

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* ChannelHop: Among the six movies that Hitchcock directed for Paramount, only this one averted it when rights to four of the other five went to Hitchcock's estate, and ''Film/{{Psycho}}'' to Universal.

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* ActorSharedBackground: John Robie mentions that as a youth he was in a trapeze group that travelled around Europe. In RealLife, Creator/CaryGrant was in an acrobatic troupe that toured around Europe (and eventually brought him to America) when he was young.
* CareerResurrection: Creator/CaryGrant had announced his retirement from acting in February 1953, stating that since the rise of MethodActing, most people were no longer interested in seeing him. He was also angry at the way Creator/CharlieChaplin had been treated by the HUAAC. He was lured out of his retirement to make this movie, and thereafter, continued acting for a further eleven years.
* ChannelHop: Among the six movies that Hitchcock Creator/AlfredHitchcock directed for Paramount, Creator/{{Paramount}}, only this one averted it when rights to four of the other five went to Hitchcock's estate, and ''Film/{{Psycho}}'' to Universal.Creator/{{Universal}}.



* DawsonCasting: Danielle is a teenager and she says that Francie looks old. She was played by Brigitte Auber, who was 27 at the time, and more than a year older than Grace Kelly.

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* DawsonCasting: Danielle is a teenager and she says that Francie looks old. She was played by Brigitte Auber, who was 27 at the time, and more than a year older than Grace Kelly.Creator/GraceKelly.



* NoStuntDouble: Creator/GraceKelly was obligated to do her own driving during the high-speed chase scene, even though she was not a confident driver.
* ThrowItIn: The lines in the picnic scene, when Francie asks John, "Do you want a leg or a breast?" and he responds, "You make the choice.", were improvised.



* WhatCouldHaveBeen: [[http://www.scribd.com/doc/17716412/To-Catch-a-Thief-Screenplay The original script's ending]] resolves a lot more than the actual film's ending does, including the arrest of the BigBad (though the scene blatantly hints that he and Danielle have a getaway plan in the works.) But apparently much to the scipt writer's dismay, [[ExecutiveMeddling Hitchcock changed it]] so that the film ends rather abruptly and with a joke. Hitchcock had wanted to do something similar with ''Film/StrangersOnATrain'', end the film at Guy's acquittal, but the studio wouldn't let him.

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* VacationDearBoy: Creator/AlfredHitchock made the film because he fancied a holiday in the south of France.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: [[http://www.scribd.com/doc/17716412/To-Catch-a-Thief-Screenplay The original script's ending]] resolves a lot more than the actual film's ending does, including the arrest of the BigBad (though the scene blatantly hints that he and Danielle have a getaway plan in the works.) But apparently much to the scipt writer's dismay, [[ExecutiveMeddling Hitchcock changed it]] so that the film ends rather abruptly and with a joke. Hitchcock had wanted to do something similar with ''Film/StrangersOnATrain'', end the film at Guy's acquittal, but the studio wouldn't let him.him.
* WorkingTitle: ''Catch a Thief''.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: [[http://www.scribd.com/doc/17716412/To-Catch-a-Thief-Screenplay The original script's ending]] resolves a lot more than the actual film's ending does, including the arrest of the BigBad (though the scene blatantly hints that he and Danielle have a getaway plan in the works.) But apparently much to the scipt writer's dismay, [[ExecutiveMeddling Hitchcock changed it]] so that the film ends rather abruptly and with a joke. Hitchcock had wanted to do something similar with ''Film/StrangersOnATrain'', end the film at Guy's acquittal, but the studio wouldn't let him.

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* UncreditedRole: Alec Coppel (best-known for co-writing ''Film/{{Vertigo}}'') made uncredited contributions to the screenplay.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: [[http://www.scribd.com/doc/17716412/To-Catch-a-Thief-Screenplay The original script's ending]] resolves a lot more than the actual film's ending does, including the arrest of the BigBad (though the scene blatantly hints that he and Danielle have a getaway plan in the works.) But apparently much to the scipt writer's dismay, [[ExecutiveMeddling Hitchcock changed it]] so that the film ends rather abruptly and with a joke. Hitchcock had wanted to do something similar with ''Film/StrangersOnATrain'', end the film at Guy's acquittal, but the studio wouldn't let him.

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* TheDanza: Jessie Royce Landis as Jessie Stevens.



* TheDanza: Jessie Royce Landis as Jessie Stevens.

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* TheDanza: Jessie Royce Landis as Jessie Stevens.



* ExecutiveMeddling: Hitchock and screenwriter John Michael Hayes clashed alot during production, as Hitchcock wanted the film to go a different way than how Hayes did.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: [[http://www.scribd.com/doc/17716412/To-Catch-a-Thief-Screenplay The original script's ending]] resolves alot more than the actual film's ending does, including the arrest of the BigBad (though the scene blatantly hints that he and Danielle have a getaway plan in the works.) But apparently much to the scipt writer's dismay, [[ExecutiveMeddling Hitchcock changed it]] so that the film ends rather abruptly and with a joke. Hitchcock had wanted to do something similar with Film/StrangersOnATrain, end the film at Guy's acquittal, but the studio wouldn't let him.

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* ExecutiveMeddling: Hitchock and screenwriter John Michael Hayes clashed alot a lot during production, as Hitchcock wanted the film to go a different way than how Hayes did.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: [[http://www.scribd.com/doc/17716412/To-Catch-a-Thief-Screenplay The original script's ending]] resolves alot a lot more than the actual film's ending does, including the arrest of the BigBad (though the scene blatantly hints that he and Danielle have a getaway plan in the works.) But apparently much to the scipt writer's dismay, [[ExecutiveMeddling Hitchcock changed it]] so that the film ends rather abruptly and with a joke. Hitchcock had wanted to do something similar with Film/StrangersOnATrain, ''Film/StrangersOnATrain'', end the film at Guy's acquittal, but the studio wouldn't let him.
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* AFIS100Years100Passions: #46
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: [[http://www.scribd.com/doc/17716412/To-Catch-a-Thief-Screenplay The original script's ending]] resolves alot more than the actual film's ending does, including the arrest of the BigBad. But apparently much to the scipt writer's dismay, [[ExecutiveMeddling Hitchcock changed it]] so that the film ends rather abruptly and with a joke. Hitchcock had wanted to do something similar with Film/StrangersOnATrain, end the film at Guy's acquittal, but the studio wouldn't let him.

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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: [[http://www.scribd.com/doc/17716412/To-Catch-a-Thief-Screenplay The original script's ending]] resolves alot more than the actual film's ending does, including the arrest of the BigBad. BigBad (though the scene blatantly hints that he and Danielle have a getaway plan in the works.) But apparently much to the scipt writer's dismay, [[ExecutiveMeddling Hitchcock changed it]] so that the film ends rather abruptly and with a joke. Hitchcock had wanted to do something similar with Film/StrangersOnATrain, end the film at Guy's acquittal, but the studio wouldn't let him.
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* ExecutiveMeddling: Hitchock and screenwriter John Michael Hayes clashed alot during production, as Hitchcock wanted the film to go a different way than how Hayes did.
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* ChannelHop: Among the six movies that Hitchcock directed for Paramount, only this one averted it when four of the other five went to Hitchcock, and ''Film/{{Psycho}}'' to Universal.

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* ChannelHop: Among the six movies that Hitchcock directed for Paramount, only this one averted it when rights to four of the other five went to Hitchcock, Hitchcock's estate, and ''Film/{{Psycho}}'' to Universal.
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* ChannelHop: Among the six movies that Hitchcock directed for Paramount, only this one averted it when four of the other five went to Hitchcock, and ''Film/{{Psycho}}'' to Universal.
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* DawsonCasting: Danielle is a teenager and she says that Francie looks old. She was played by Brigitte Auber, who was 27 at the time, and more than a year older than Grace Kelly.
* [[PlayingAgainstType Directing Against Type]]: The movie is markedly different from Hitchcock's usual style.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: [[http://www.scribd.com/doc/17716412/To-Catch-a-Thief-Screenplay The original script's ending]] resolves alot more than the actual film's ending does, including the arrest of the BigBad. But apparently much to the scipt writer's dismay, [[ExecutiveMeddling Hitchcock changed it]] so that the film ends rather abruptly and with a joke. Hitchcock had wanted to do something similar with Film/StrangersOnATrain, end the film at Guy's acquittal, but the studio wouldn't let him.

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