Later Robie, while staking out an estate at night trying to catch the thief, is attacked by an unknown assailant. The police are called, but by the time they reach Jessie's room Robie has disappeared. Frances accuses Robie of using her as a distraction so he could steal her mother's jewelry. The next morning, Jessie discovers her jewels are gone. He initially denies it, but concedes it that evening when she has invited him to her room to watch a fireworks display. Frances reveals that she knows Robie's real identity. Frances accompanies Robie to a villa, where Robie suspects the new Cat might break in. He keeps up his cover of being a wealthy American tourist, despite Danielle's jealous barbs about his interest in Frances. The day after, Frances invites Robie to a swim at the beach, where Robie runs into Danielle. Frances feigns modesty at first, but kisses Robie at the end of the night as she retires to her room. The American tourists Jessie Stevens, a wealthy nouveau-riche widow, and her daughter Frances top the list. Hughson, who reluctantly discloses a list of persons currently on the Riviera who own the most expensive jewelry. He enlists the aid of an insurance man, H. Robie realizes he can prove his innocence by catching the new Cat in the act. When the police arrive at the restaurant looking for Robie, Danielle, the daughter of the restaurant's wine steward Foussard, spirits him to safety she is a young woman who fancies him dearly. They are angry at Robie because they are all under suspicion as long as the new Cat is active. The restaurant's staff are members of Robie's old gang, who have been paroled for their work in the French Resistance during World War II. When they come to his hilltop villa to question him, he slips their grasp and heads to a restaurant owned by his friend Bertani. Retired jewel thief John 'The Cat' Robie is suspected by the police in a string of burglaries on the French Riviera. The film stars Cary Grant as a retired cat burglar who has to save his reformed reputation by catching an impostor preying on wealthy tourists (including an oil-rich widow and her daughter played by Grace Kelly) on the French Riviera. To Catch a Thief is a 1955 American romantic thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, from a screenplay by John Michael Hayes based on the 1952 novel of the same name by David Dodge.

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