“Catch Me If You Can” is a 2002 American biographical 1) crime film directed and produced by Steven Spielberg. The film stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Hanks. The film is based on the life of Frank Abagnale, who, before his 19th birthday, successfully 2) performed tricks worth millions of dollars by 3) pretending to be a Pan American World Airways pilot, a Georgia doctor and a Louisiana parish 4) prosecutor. His foremost crime was check 5) fraud; he became so highly skilled that the FBI later turned to him for help catching other check 6) forgers.
In 1963, teenager Frank Abagnale lives in New Rochelle, New York with his father Frank Abagnale, Sr., and French mother, Paula. Frank runs away when his parents 7) divorce. Needing money, he 8) impersonates an airline pilot and forges Pan Am payroll checks. Soon, his forgeries are worth millions of dollars. Meanwhile, FBI agent Carl Hanratty begins 9) tracking Frank. Carl finds Frank at a hotel, but Frank tricks Carl into believing he is a Secret Service agent, and escapes before Carl realizes that he was fooled.
Frank's 10) cons now include impersonating a doctor and a lawyer. As Dr. Frank Conners, he falls in love with Brenda, a naive young hospital worker. He asks Brenda's father for 11) permission to marry her. Carl tracks Frank to his and Brenda's 12) engagement party, but Frank escapes through a bedroom window. Before leaving, Frank asks Brenda to meet him at the Miami airport two days later. At the airport, Frank sees Brenda, but also spots agents everywhere and realizes Brenda has 13) betrayed him.
Carl finds Frank in France and arrests him. Frank is sentenced to 12 years in a maximum security 14) prison.