To Catch a Thief (novel) the jewels have been returned and "Burns" was his company's agent. With the jewels restored and the gypsy dead, the case is closed. Robie can now return safely to Vence, where he has everything he wants – except, he now realizes, Francie Stevens. He finds her packing to leave for America... In 1955, the novel was made into a film by Alfred Hitchcock, starring Cary Grant and Grace Kelly. Episode 10 of Season 10 of the TV series "Bones" (December 11, 2014), "The 200 in the 10th", is a free adaptation of the novel, with the show characters appearing as
The King's Thief Layton who played guard Jacob Hall who fought Edmund Purdom. According to MGM records the film earned only $478,000 in the US and Canada and $1,071,000 elsewhere, resulting in a loss to the studio of $707,000. The "Los Angeles Times" called it "glittering and excellently made." The King's Thief The King's Thief is a 1955 swashbuckling CinemaScope adventure film directed by Robert Z. Leonard, who replaced Hugo Fregonese during filming. Released on August 5, 1955, the film takes place in London at the time of Charles II and stars Ann Blyth, Edmund Purdom, David Niven, George Sanders and Roger Moore.