Catch Me If You Can (2002)
Directed by Steven Spielberg
A teenage runaway from New Rochelle poses as a pilot, a doctor and a lawyer while cashing forged cheques across America, with a dogged FBI agent following him all the way to France.
- Travel shown
- On foot, bike, skis or swimming
- Not shown on screen
- Fictional place
- 1Abagnale family home≈ 00:08:00New Rochelle, New YorkStated on screen
Frank watches his father's business collapse and, when his parents divorce, runs away from home.
- 2New York City, New York≈ 00:22:00Inferred
Broke in Manhattan, he starts passing bad cheques and learns to pose as a Pan Am co-pilot.
- 2FBI bank-fraud unit≈ 00:30:00Washington, D.C.Inferred
Hanratty takes up the case of the forger posing as a pilot.
- 3Hotel≈ 00:45:00Los Angeles, CaliforniaInferred
Cornered in his hotel room, Frank talks his way past Hanratty by claiming to be a Secret Service agent.
- 4Hospital≈ 01:02:00Atlanta, GeorgiaInferred
Posing as a paediatrician, he supervises a hospital night shift and falls for the nurse Brenda.
- 5Brenda's parents' house≈ 01:15:00New Orleans, LouisianaStated on screen
He passes the Louisiana bar, gets engaged to Brenda, and flees out of a window when Hanratty crashes the engagement party.
- 6Miami International Airport≈ 01:35:00Miami, FloridaStated on screen
- 7Printing house≈ 01:47:00Montrichard, FranceStated on screen
- 8Prison≈ 00:03:00Marseille, FranceStated on screen
- 9FBI office≈ 02:05:00Washington, D.C.Inferred
The journey in numbers
- Distance travelled
- 37,016 km
- Places
- 9
- Countries
- 2
- Stops
- 10
- Not shown: 19,142 km
- Plane: 17,875 km
Distances are measured in a straight line between stops, so real road distances are longer.
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