8/10/2023 0 Comments To catch a thief blackface![]() ![]() It’s a true golden dialogue moment in a film where the dialogues are full of entendre and innuendo, as per Hitchcock’s usual style. There is also a scene with Danielle and Frances as they are swimming in the sea that is full of nail bitingly good back handed comments to each other while Cary Grant is there stuck in the middle. Unfazed by the robberies and all in all a comedic treat. Jessie Royce Landis as Jessie Stevens, France’s mother, is a particular highlight, bringing the snappy Hitchcock dialogue to its humorous height. ![]() Indeed no one better than the cast in this movie could have done a better job. One is always glued to the screen when she is in it, be it by her glamorous wardrobe by Edith Head or her natural ability to light the screen up by her elegance so fitted to the role. Grace Kelly as Frances Stevens is the epitome of glamour, someone who is intelligent, sometimes childish and reckless. ![]() He is so dynamic as he delivers his lines and performs the action scenes. Plus Hitchcock gives him a scene in the water for the female eyes to gaze it and I hardly think anyone complains. I can’t hardly say anything else on it except maybe to pick it up if you see it for curiosities sake and read it and compare it to the film.Ĭary Grant as John Robie is the typical suave male hero, but he does it so well you hardly mind it. One could describe it as the usual 1950s fluff with Hollywood Golden Age glamour if not for the biting script, expert directing and the all around Hitchcock suspense, even if there is only a little of it.īased on the 1952 book by David Dodge this film overshadowed and still overshadows the book it is based on. It’s also very light Hitchcock, no murder, no skeletons in the closet, no blood or gore. This is a very glamorous Hitchcock movie, a departure from his usual middle-class characters as well as setting. Knowing that the the copycat like him, targets only the rich, he sets his eyes on the rich American Stevens family, as well as their fair daughter Frances. Until an unexpected friend becomes his ally, an insurance agent H. Meeting with his old Resistance friends who work for Bertine and his daughter Danielle he finds no friends there as they think he has done it. John wants to prove his innocence and to catch the copycat (pun intended) who is setting him up. This is a holiday! For you, for Hitchcock and the stars.Ī number of jewel thefts have happened in the French Riviera and the police suspect John “The Cat” Robie, a thief who had retired 15 years ago to his villa. Shown in its 1950s natural beauty of green hills and mountains, old houses and churches, swirling roads, beaches, hotels and villa’s this is as much of a poster to holiday there and the film begins so as well. To stay in the loop on more movies like this, you can sign up for weekly Family Movie Night emails.Monaco, where this film is set, where Grace Kelly would be a princess and where she would later die in one of its roads is as much of a star of this film as the stars themselves. This film, a loose remake of the 1960 film of the same name, starring Frank Sinatra and his Rat Pack, spawned the sequels Ocean's Twelve and Ocean's Thirteen. Swearing is occasional, including "f-k," "s-t," "goddamn," "screwing," "hell." In one scene there is a mock racist argument during which characters call one another "cracker" and "colored." Sexuality is limited to one kiss as well as a few wide shots of strippers and a lap dance in an upscale nightclub. There's lots of suspense, a few action-packed moments with some hard punches thrown, several explosions, a faked death, and two guards gassed into unconsciousness. The fact that their target is a ruthless and violent business tycoon is meant to lessen the immorality and illegality of their adventure. Parents need to know that Ocean's Eleven is a slick caper movie that keeps the audience rooting for appealing, clever con artists and thieves throughout. ![]()
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