 The filming of _To Catch a Thief (1955)_ (qv) on the French Riviera  plays a pivotal role in Wu Ming (I) (qv)s novel "54". The action  takes place in the springtime of 1954, and nearly all the characters  in the novel (including Cary Grant (qv), an Italian American  mafioso nicknamed "Steve Cement", and two Parisian gangsters from  _Du rififi chez les hommes (1955)_ (qv)) cross each others path in  Cannes and Nice.