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Auction History Result 2c608 TO CATCH A THIEF 1sh '55 romantic close up art of Grace Kelly & Cary Grant, Alfred Hitchcock Date Sold 9/23/2008 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Folded One-Sheet Movie Poster (1sh; measures 27" x 41") (Learn More) Alfred Hitchcock's To Catch a Thief, the 1955 Alfred Hitchcock romantic crime mystery thriller ("It's a web of romance and suspense that spins you from delight to danger - then spirals to an explosive climax on the fabulous Riviera!"; "Based on the novel by David Dodge"; "Screenplay by John Michael Hayes"; about a retired jewel thief living on the Riviera, and there is a string of daring jewel robberies, so naturally, he is the lead suspect, and he decides to find the true thief himself, and he is aided by a beautiful rich young woman and her mother!) starring Cary Grant, Grace Kelly, Jessie Royce Landis, John Williams, Charles Vanel, Brigitte Auber, Rene Blancard, Georgette Anys, and Jean Martinelli. Note that Cary Grant had announced his retirement from movies in 1953, but he was lured out of retirement by Hitchcock to make this one. Also note that Jessie Royce Landis, who had played Grant's mother in "North by Northwest", this time played his potential mother-in-law, and yet, she was only eight years older than Grant, who had aged very well! NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. If you know who did the art (if any), please let us know. Condition: good. There is separation at the crossfolds. There are tears and areas of paper loss around the edges of the poster and someone put pieces of brown paper tape and some clear tape on the back of some of those areas, and some paper tape on the back of part of the vertical foldline. The poster does have clear defects, but certainly, and talented restorer can easily remove the tape and linenback the poster, and after proper restoration, the poster will look great and most of the restoration will be within the borders. Learn More about condition grades 
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