Catch Me If You Can: Book vs. Movie
Steven Spielberg’s Catch Me If You Can (2002) adapts the 1980 memoir by Frank Abagnale Jr. and Stan Redding. It follows a teenage impostor whose forged checks put an FBI agent on his trail.
About the book and the movie
- Author
- Frank Abagnale Jr.
- Year
- 1980
- Pages
- 304Buy book
- Audiobook length
- 8 hr 26 minGet audiobook
- Narrator
- Barrett Whitener
Frank Abagnale recounts leaving home as a teenager and supporting himself through forged checks and assumed identities. He describes learning enough about aviation, medicine, and law to pass as a professional, then moving on whenever a disguise becomes difficult to sustain. The memoir follows his account of life on the run, including the deceptions he says let him cross borders and evade arrest.
- Director
- Steven Spielberg
- Writer
- Jeff Nathanson
- Year
- 2002
- Runtime
- 2 hr 15 minWatch on Amazon
- Cast
- Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hanks, Christopher Walken, Martin Sheen
- Genre
- biographical, Comedy, Crime, Drama, heist
- IMDb
- View on IMDb
After his parents separate, teenager Frank Abagnale runs away and discovers that a convincing appearance can open doors no one would otherwise let him through. Forged checks and a succession of professional disguises attract the attention of FBI agent Carl Hanratty. As Carl follows the money, Frank keeps searching for a way to recover the family life he has lost.
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