The spot (overlooking Monaco) that Hitchcock used is widely believed to be the same road on which Grace Kellywas killed in a tragic car accident in 1982. It’s located on the corner of Rue Massenet and the Promenade des Anglais, just behind the Club Mississippi and office of tourism (05 Promenade des Anglais, 06000 Nice, France for Google Earth fans).įor some reason, I had not previously tried to find the picnic setting, even though it’s one of the film’s best-known scenes.įor this challenge I simply had to pull out a map and go to work. Once the Palais was located it took just a few minutes to arrive at the correct balcony. That landmark ended up being the distinctive roof line of what is now the Hotel Palais de la Mediterranee. It wasn’t possible, when pausing the scene, to count the number of blocks from the Negresco so I needed to find a closer landmark in order to “count down” to the exact spot. I knew it was several blocks east of the Hotel Negresco (the pink dome of The Negresco can be seen in the background) on Nice’s Promenade des Anglais, but I had never taken the time to pinpoint it exactly. The producer wanted to shoot on the “actual” balcony used in the scene. (From Le Stuff’s “To Catch A Thief: Take 1) In a panic she runs onto her hotel room balcony where we, the viewers, are treated to an expansive shot of Nice’s world famous seafront boulevard, the Promenade des Anglais.Īnd so begins Alfred Hitchcock’s light hearted thriller “To Catch A Thief”. The film crew setting up a shot outside La Colombe D’Or in St Paul de VenceĪ woman screams as she discovers her jewelry has been stolen. Well, I thought it would be a breeze but I have to admit there were a couple of challenges. He asked for my help in identifying specific locations used in To Catch A Thief.
MOVIE TO CATCH A THIEF SERIES
I was contacted recently by a film producer who’s developing a series of travel shows for Germany’s N-TV. Le Stuff’s Definitive Location Guide to Alfred Hitchcock’s Classic FilmĬheck out Le Stuff’s new “To Catch A Thief” page.
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