Catch Me If You Can (2002) Leonardo DiCaprio Frank W. Abagnale Jr Tom Hanks FBI Agent Carl Hanratty Christopher Walken Frank W Abagnale Sr Martin Sheen Roger Strong Nathalie Baye Paula Abagnale Amy Adams Brenda Strong James Brolin Jack Barnes Brian Howe Tom Fox Frank John Hughes Earl Amdursky Steve Eastin Paul Morgan Chris Ellis Special Agent Witkins John Finn Assistant Director Marsh Jennifer Garner Cheryl Ann Nancy Lenehan Carol Strong Ellen Pompeo Marci Elizabeth Banks Lucy Guy Thauvette Warden Garren Candice Azzara Darcy Matthew Kimbrough Loan Officer Joshua Boyd (II) Football Player Kaitlin Doubleday Joanna Directed by: Steven Spielberg Produced by: Barry Kemp, Michel Shane, Laurie MacDonald Based on a true story, Frank W. Abagnale was employed as a doctor, a lawyer, and as a co-pilot for a major airline company all before reaching his 21st birthday. A successful con artist and master of deception, Frank is also a brilliant forger, whose skill at check fraud has netted him millions of dollars in stolen funds--much to the chagrin of the authorities. FBI Agent Carl Hanratty has made it his prime mission to capture him and bring him to justice, however Frank is always one step ahead of Carl, baiting him to continue the chase. ========== An FBI agent tracks down and catches a young con artist who successfully impersonated an airline pilot, doctor, assistant attorney general and history professor, cashing more than $2.5 million in fraudulent checks in 26 countries. ========== New Rochelle, the 1960s. High schooler Frank Abagnale Jr. idolizes his father, who's in trouble with the IRS. When his parents separate, Frank runs away to Manhattan with $25 in his checking account, vowing to regain dad's losses and get his parents back together. Just a few years later, the FBI tracks him down in France; he's extradited, tried, and jailed for passing more than $4,000,000 in bad checks. Along the way, he's posed as a Pan Am pilot, a pediatrician, and an attorney. And, from nearly the beginning of this life of crime, he's been pursued by a dour FBI agent, Carl Hanratty. What starts as cat and mouse becomes something akin to father and son.