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Since Robie manages to fool the police and escape his arrest, the police desperately attempt to catch up with him, thus a car chase ensues. John Robie’s Villa | © 1955 Paramount Pictures 5. It’s situated in the Southern France village of Saint-Jeannet, another one of those adorable To Catch a Thief film locations. I wouldn’t be mad if I had to retire somewhere similar. This is former cat burglar John Robie’s abode which is not too shabby. The To Catch a Thief villa location doesn’t have a name, so I’ve pinned exactly which villa on my Google map above. Robie’s Villa, 335 Route de Saint-Jeannet, 06640 Saint-Jeannet, France They travel on the Route de Caussols road in the village of Gourdon, which is visible in the background. The epic wide shots of cute little French villages are some of my favourite To Catch a Thief locations and luckily there are many! The first is of the police driving through the countryside to Robie’s villa. The interior was most likely filmed at Paramount Studios, but the exterior is of Avenue du Marechal Foch also in the Meditteranean coastal city of Nice.

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Avenue du Marechal Foch, 06000 NiceĪfter a series of robberies, the French police have a meeting to plan their attack and arrest John Robie. I’m going to take an educated guess that her hotel is next to where the Hyatt Regency Nice Palais de la Méditerranée hotel stands today.ĭoesn’t having a sea-view balcony make having your priceless jewels stolen just *that* bit easier to deal with? 2. It’s the scene where an older woman discovers her jewels are missing and cries out of her balcony in despair. This road runs along the coastline of the city of Nice so we are treated to views of the palm tree-lined beaches. The first To Catch a Thief location is a gorgeous establishing shot of Promenade des Anglais. All of the To Catch a Thief Locations in the South of France… 1.

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And I have a map to help you locate those To Catch a Thief movie locations, too! Where was To Catch a Thief filmed? With the help of my travels to the South of France for the Cannes Film Festival in 2017, I’ve uncovered every single To Catch a Thief film location featured in the movie. So there’s no wondering why people are still asking “where is To Catch a Thief filmed?” or “Where is To Catch a Thief set?” 60 years later. It’s a fantastic, gorgeous and gripping thriller, one of Hitchcock’s best. The To Catch a Thief filming locations span Nice, Cannes, Monaco and lots of cute villages in between. Robie receives help in the form of Grace Kelly’s wealthy American tourist Frances and her mother. When a copycat burglar starts stealing jewellery around his neck of the woods, he must go into hiding and find the real culprit before the police find him. To Catch a Thief (1955) follows Cary Grant’s John Robie, a retired cat burglar living the quiet life in his Côte d’Azur villa. – This post was originally published on 28th May 2017 and has been updated. But all of the To Catch a Thief locations around the South of France do make me crave quaint mountainside villages, uber-luxurious hotels and the dreamy Mediterranean climate of the French Riviera.

And I don’t fancy hitching through the Scottish highlands handcuffed to anyone as in The 39 Steps (1935). Psycho (1960) isn’t a great advertisement for American motels. Please read the disclaimer here.Īlfred Hitchcock films don’t tend to be very wanderlust-inspiring.

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