We are very proud to announce that Quill & Quaver Associates has secured the exclusive underlying dramatic rights for the musical stage adaptation of David Dodge’s much-loved novel, To Catch A Thief. The new Library of Congress Crime Classic edition of the novel is is now available. Licensing for the musical is courtesy of the Estate of David Dodge and Curtis Brown, Ltd. with generous assistance from Bruin Books, LLC Publishers.
TO CATCH A THIEF is David Dodge’s most famous novel. Alfred Hitchcock firmly cinched its place in the annals of crime fiction by adapting it into the 1955 Academy Award winning film starring Cary Grant and Grace Kelly.
The story centers on John Robie, American expatriate and skilled gymnast, who once-upon-a-time was Le Chat, the famous and elusive cat burglar operating in the South of France. Following the war, Robie has retired to a quiet life on the French Riveria having vowed to leave his past behind. His retirement is suddnely shattered when a copy-cat burglar begins to commit a string of robberies that puts the police once again on the trail of Le Chat. Robie must catch the phony jewel thief before the police catch him.
The Bruin Books edition of TO CATCH A THIEF notably includes an introduction by Randal S. Brandt and afterword by Jean Buchanan.