The intrepid jewel thief has always been an iconic figure in literature and cinema. From E.W Hornung’s Raffles, the gentleman burglar, to Cary Grant’s super-larcenist (“The Cat”) in Hitchcock’s 1955 comedy-thriller To Catch a Thief, he exists in a category far removed from other common criminals. Perhaps a descendant of the romanticized figure of Robin […] Read this story
