There’s an obvious affinity between Alfred Hitchcock, Robert Burks and George Tomasini‘s handling of the mountain road chase in To Catch A Thief (’55) and the Florida coast beach-speeding scene in Hitch’s Notorious, which was shot by Ted Tetzlaff and edited by Theron Warth.
Cary Grant riding shotgun both times; the laid-back Grace Kelly and Ingrid Bergman at the wheel, and the law on their trails.
Burks’ Oscar-winning VistaVision photography for Thief is handsome, beautifully balanced and easy on the eyes, and Tomasini’s editing makes the sequence feel centered, relaxed and at peace with the universe. The reactions of Grant and Kelly to the various intrigues and impediments are just right; ditto the insert shots of Grant’s nervous hands. In both films, I mean.