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                                             October 21, 2017

About "To Catch a Thief",             THE_FALCON
I've commented:

  Though, while there's certainly a
  forced, clumsy quality to much of
  Hitchcock's "suspense", I don't see
  too much of it in this film.

But really, there's one small example
that comes to mind, having watched this     It was regular fare for television
film multiple times throughout my life--    rebroadcasts when I was a kid, and
                                            I've got a copy on VHS tape.
There's a largely light-hearted scene
that takes place at a bathing beach--
Two women are openly fighting over the                    TOADKEEPER
Cary Grant character, and he has to
hide that he thinks this is funny.        Once, while watching the
                                          movie "High Noon", my
Near the end of the scene, Hitchcock      brother commented on the
has to remind us that he's Hitchcock,     pattern (he called it an
so the camera zooms in on someone on      "archetype") of the male
the scene (a guy doing pull-ups) and      main character choosing
there's a flourish of ominious music      between a blonde and a
that informs us that there is             brunette: he goes with the
something sinister about this fellow.     blonde even though you
Perhaps he's a spy for the police?        always think he's crazy.
                                          
  Or perhaps he's just some random guy            "To Catch a Thief" is an
  hanging around at the beach.  He plays          excellent example: a        
  no role whatsover in the following              blond American ice queen
  story, which is why I suspect that              vs. an adventurous young    
  many viewers have simply edited him             French babe... and you      
  out of their memory.                            go with the blonde?       
                                                  What's wrong with you?  
  And maybe Hitchcock, the great master of                                  
  suspense, was a shamelessly manipulative                              
  little weasel.                               
                
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