Catch Me If You Can (book)

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Catch Me If You Can is a memoir in which former con artist Frank Abagnale Jr. recounts his audacious real-life exploits impersonating professionals and forging checks around the world.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf book
memoir
adaptedAs Catch Me If You Can (2002 film) NERFINISHED
Catch Me If You Can (musical) NERFINISHED
author Frank Abagnale Jr. NERFINISHED
coAuthor Stan Redding NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
featuresOrganization FBI NERFINISHED
Pan American World Airways NERFINISHED
filmAdaptationReleaseYear 2002
filmAdaptationStars Leonardo DiCaprio NERFINISHED
Tom Hanks NERFINISHED
focusesOn Frank Abagnale Jr.'s early life
international travel
law enforcement pursuit
genre autobiography
non-fiction
true crime
hasControversy questions about factual accuracy of some episodes
hasFilmAdaptationDirector Steven Spielberg NERFINISHED
hasPageCount approximately 277
language English
mainCharacter Frank Abagnale Jr. NERFINISHED
marketedAs based on a true story
mediaType print
narrativePerspective first-person
notableCharacter Carl Hanratty (in film adaptation based on FBI agent) NERFINISHED
portraysRoleImpersonation airline pilot
lawyer
medical doctor
publicationDate 1980
publisher Crown Publishing Group NERFINISHED
setting 1960s
France
Sweden NERFINISHED
United States of America
surface form: United States
subjectMatter check fraud
confidence tricks
forgery
impersonation of professionals
theme deception
identity
pursuit by authorities
redemption
timePeriodDescribed circa 1963–1969

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subject surface form: Frank Abagnale Jr.
Stan Redding notableWork Catch Me If You Can (book)
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Stan Redding basedOn Catch Me If You Can (book)
subject surface form: Catch Me If You Can (film)
this entity surface form: Catch Me If You Can
The Art of the Steal (book) relatedWork Catch Me If You Can (book)
Kelly Abagnale associatedWith Catch Me If You Can (book)
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Kelly Abagnale hasSpouseNotableWork Catch Me If You Can (book)
Kristie Macosko Krieger notableWork Catch Me If You Can (book)
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