I got mine off last year.
Boy, I hated them. They were bottoms.
You know, I still got to wear my mouth guard.
You have really nice teeth.
Well, thank you.
And you have a pretty smile.
Custodial to cafeteria.
No, I mean it.
I really think those braces look good on you.
Thank you.
You're welcome.
Brenda.
Yeah.
Do you know if they're hiring here at the hospital?
I'm not sure.
What do you want to do?
I'm a doctor.
Dear Dad:
I've decided to get off the road for awhile.
I've taken a night job at a hospital
and met some really nice people.
Feels good to have my feet on the ground
to wake up in the same bed every night.
Who knows, maybe I'll even find someone to settle down with.
Harvard Medical school...
top of your class.
southern California Children's Hospital.
Well, that's a pretty impressive resume, Dr. Conners
but unfortunately, uh... the only thing I need
is a... an emergency room supervisor
for my midnight to: :00am shift
someone to baby-sit six interns and 20 nurses
but, uh...
Hell, I doubt that, uh, you would be interested in that.
Well, in the past
they've always let me choose my own nurses.
Dr. Connelly?
Dr. Harris?
Present.
Dr. Ashland?
Dr. Conners...
You gonna take roll every night?
Uh, yes, I will, Dr. Ashland
and if you're going to be late, I suggest you bring a note.
Miss Basmann.
Miss Mace.
Miss strong.
Here.
Nurse Brown.
- Nurse sanford? - Here.
30 milligrams of codeine
every four hours.
Run the plasma at 60 drops a minute
until we calculate the fluid requirements.
What do you estimate the degree and extent
of the burns, Kildare?
second and third-degree burns
over about 20 percent of the body surface.
Do you concur?
I concur.
Let's get him up to Pediatrics.
Nurse Hopp to the Nurses' station south.
Hello, Brenda.
Hi, Dr. Conners.
You need to sign these.
Thank you.
Do you notice anything different about me, Doctor?
- You got your braces off! - Yeah!
Come here. Let me see.
I've been trying to show you all night!
Wow. Good job.
Yeah?
so, did it hurt when they took them off?
Mine felt so weird after.
Mm, I keep rubbing my tongue over them.
I can't stop. They're so slippery.
It feels good, though, doesn't it?
Yeah, it feels incredible.
Oh, my.
I'm... I'm sorry.
Dr. Conners to the ER.
shouldn't you go?
No. No, no.
They have a staff doctor in the emergency ward.
We'll be fine.
What if he's in surgery?
Do you really think I have to go?
Oh. In here, Dr. Conners.
Gentlemen, what, uh... what seems to be the problem?
Bicycle accident.
Fractured tibia about five inches below the patella.
Hmm.
- Dr. Harris. - Yes?
Do you concur?
C... Concur with what, sir?
With what Dr. Ashland just said.
Do you... Do you concur?
Uh... well, it was a bicycle accident.
Um, the boy told us.
so you concur?
Concur? Uh...
I think we should take an X ray
then stitch him up and put him in a walking cast.
That's very good, Dr. Ashland. Very good.
Well, you don't seem to have much need for me.
Carry on.
I blew it, didn't I?
Why didn't I concur?
Dr. Henning, call extension 219.
Dr. Henning, extension 219.
Make yourself at home!
Frank Abagnale sr.
You're not a cop.
special Agent Hanratty, FBI.
You're not a cop.
My landlord said you were not a cop.
Well, if you're going to arrest me
I'd like to put on a different suit
if that's okay with you.
No, no, I'm not here to arrest you.
I'm looking for your son. He's in trouble.
Do you know where he is?
If I tell you where he is
will you promise not to tell his mother?
sure.
Frank made up a fake I.D.
and enlisted in the Marine Corps.
He's over in Vietnam right now.
That kid is halfway around the world
crawling through the damn jungle
fighting the Communists, so...
please, don't come to my home and call my boy a criminal
because that kid has more guts...
I never said he was a criminal, Mr. Abagnale.
I said he was in trouble.
If you'd like to give me a call and talk, here's my number.
You're not a father, are you?
Pardon me?
If you were a father, you'd know.
I would never give up my son.
Yes, sir. I understand.
sean, sean, now get this:
"Riverbend Apartments
415 Landover, Atlanta, Georgia."
Atlanta, Georgia.
Yeah, I'm on my way to the airport.
I'll meet the team in, uh, in four hours.
Bye-bye.
Come on, it's okay.
You don't have to cry.
I'm sorry.
I'm so sorry, Frank.
I can't do this.
Brenda, listen to me.
I don't care if you're a virgin, all right?
Really, I can wait.
I'm not a virgin.
I had an abortion two years ago.
My parents had a friend do it
a man that my father plays golf with.
And then, when I got better, they kicked me out of the house.
I had an abortion and I wasn't their daughter anymore.
Hey...
I'm so sorry.
Please don't be mad at me.
Please, please, don't be mad at me.
No, no.
Please don't be mad at me.
shh. Now... what if...
what if I spoke to your parents, right?
May-Maybe I can straighten things out, huh?
Well, I ask them all the time
but they said I still can't come home.
And my daddy's... a lawyer.
Aw...
Brenda...
what if you were engaged to a doctor?
Will that change anything?
What?
What if I went to your parents...
and I spoke to your father...
and I asked permission to marry you?
It's empty.
Nobody here.
Dr. Conners, are you Lutheran?
Yes, I-I am a Lutheran, but, please, call me Frank.
Frank, would you like to say grace?
Unless you're not comfortable.
Absolutely.
Two little mice fell into a bucket of cream.
The first mouse quickly gave up and drowned
but the second mouse, he struggled so hard
that he eventually churned that cream into butter
and he walked out.
- Amen. - Amen.
Amen. Oh, that was beautiful.
The mouse, he churned that cream into butter.
That's right.
That's pretty good.
Thank you.
Frank, have you decided which hospital
you want to work at here in New Orleans?
Well, um, to be quite honest
I'm thinking about getting back into law.
Oh, my!
Are you a doctor or a lawyer?
Before I went to medical school, I passed the bar in California.
I practiced law for one year
then I decided why not try my hand at pediatrics?
You're just full of surprises.
Yeah.
Oh, my.
A doctor and a lawyer.
Well, I'd say that Brenda hit the jackpot.
Where did you go to law school?
Uh, Berkeley.
Berkley, Berkley. Oh, my gosh.
Isn't that where you went, Daddy?
Maybe Frank could come work for you, Roger.
You're always saying how hard it is
to find Assistant Prosecutors.
Could he, Daddy? Could he, please?
Could he come work with you, please?
Was that snake Hollingsworth still teaching there
when you went through Berkley?
Hollingsworth.
Yes. Grumpy old Hollingsworth, right?
I tell you. Meaner than ever.
And that dog of his?
Tell me, Frank, what was the name of his little dog?
I'm sorry. Uh...
The dog was dead.
How unfortunate.
Yeah.
A doctor, a lawyer, a Lutheran...
so what are you, Frank?
'Cause I think you're about to ask
for my daughter's hand in marriage
and I have a right to know.
Know what, sir?
The truth.
Tell me the truth, Frank.
What are you doing here?
What is a man like you doing with Brenda?
If you want my blessing
if you want my daughter
I'd like to hear it from you now.
The truth is, sir, that...
The truth is that...
I'm not a doctor, I'm not a lawyer...
I'm not an airline pilot.
I'm... I'm nothing, really.
I'm-I'm-I'm just a kid who's in love with your daughter.
No.
You know what you are?
You're a romantic.
Men like us are nothing without the women we love.
I must confess, I'm guilty of the same foolish whimsy.
I proposed to Carol after five dates
with two nickels in my pockets and holes in my shoes
because I knew she was the one.
so go ahead, Frank.
Don't be afraid.
Ask the question you came here to ask me.
sir, uh, uh...
w-what would I have to do
to take the bar here in New Orleans?
No, the... the other question.
Right through that door.
Good luck, Mr. Conners.
Thank you.
Hey, Frank...
you know what I could never figure out?
How did you cheat on the bar exam in Louisiana?
Why? What's the difference?
someone else took the test for you, didn't they?
Carl, I'm going to prison for a long time.
seriously, what's the difference?
It's a simple question.
Are you going to eat that eclair?
Yeah. I'm saving it for later.
Well, you want to split it with me?
No.
Give me half that eclair and I'll tell you.
I'm going to figure it out sooner or later.
You'll be working under Phillip Rigby in corporate law.
Why don't you settle in, organize your desk?
Thank you.
We're having lunch at 12:30 with the Attorney General
and Governor McKeithen.
Himself.
The Governor.
Did we spell it right?
You sure did.
Congratulations.
Thank you, sir.
Welcome aboard.
Now...
Look at this photograph, Mr. Stewart.
It's a photograph of Prentice York
where they found him, dead.
Now, here is an enlargement of part of that photograph.
This is a photograph of the defendant's signature
on a canceled check.
Now, here is an enlargement of that same signature
which matches
the signature on the letters that he wrote to Mrs. Simon
which discuss the possibility
of defrauding the great state of Louisiana.
Your Honor, ladies and gentlemen of the jury
this is irrefutable evidence
that the defendant is, in fact, lying.
Mr. Conners, this is a preliminary hearing.
There is no... defendant.
There is no... jury.
It's just me.
son...
what in the hell is wrong with you?!
- Is that Mitch?
Roger! It's Mitch!
Oh, my, I lost all track of time.
As studio guests for the sing-along tonight
we have the children's choir of st. Monica's Church
in New York City.
Won't you join them and the gang
in a few songs for the Irish? Everybody!
Has anybody here seen Kelly?
K, E, double L, Y
Has anybody here seen Kelly?
Have you seen him smile?
sure his hair is red, and his eyes are blue
And he's Irish through and through
Has anybody here seen Kelly
Kelly from the Emerald Isle?
Has anybody here seen Kelly?
K, E, double L, Y
Has anybody here seen Kelly?
Have you seen him smile?
sure his hair is red, and his eyes are blue
And he's Irish through and through
Has anybody here seen Kelly...
Embrace me
My sweet embraceable you
Embrace me
You irreplaceable you
Just one look at you
My heart grew tipsy in me
You and you alone
Bring out the gypsy in me
I love all
The many charms about you
Above all
I want my arms about you...
ad.
...Don't be a naughty baby...
What are you doing here?
I... I-I came to see you.
...My sweet embraceable...
What are you doing dressed like this?
I took a job. A government job.
You see what I'm doing?
Do you have a good lawyer?
Well... I sort of am a lawyer now.
Look at this letter. The IRs wants more.
I had a deal with them: two penalties.
They ate the cake, now they want the crumbs.
I want to sue them.
Now they want the crumbs.
They... Here, sit down.
They're trying to scare me, intimidate me.
You know what?
I'll make them chase me...
for the rest of their lives.
Hey, it's great to see you, Daddy.
Listen, sit down, I... I want to show you something.
I came here to give you this.
It's an invitation to an engagement party.
Daddy, I'm getting married.
Can you believe that? I'm getting married.
You don't need to worry about anything now, Dad.
Listen, I'm getting a brand-new Cadillac.
I'm getting a $60,000 house.
I'm-I'm getting it all back.
All-All the jewelry, all the furs, everything, Dad.
Everything they took from us, I'm going to get it back.
Now...
has Ma seen you dressed like this?
Yeah, she came to pick up some boxes.
That's okay, that's okay, you know why?
'Cause she... she's going to the wedding with us.
I'm going to get you a brand-new suit, Dad.
I'm getting you a brand-new suit.
One of those Manhattan Eagle, three-button, black pearl suits.
You'll look great.
Those are nice. Yeah.
she won't see me.
Well, have you tried to call her?
Uh-uh.
Why don't... why don't you call her right now?
Dad, why don't you call her right now? Here.
Dad, just call her. Call her for me.
You call her, and you tell her
I have two first-class tickets to go see her son's wedding...
Your mother's married now, to my friend Jack Barnes.
They have a house in Long Island.
I had an FBI agent come see me.
You got their number, son.
The guy looked scared.
The United states government, champ, running for the hills.
Pow! To the moon!
Dad... it's over.
I'm going to stop now.
But y-you've...
They're never going to catch you, Frank.
- Dad, she wouldn't do that. - Why won't you sit down?
- Why would she do that to you? - Come on, sit.
Come on, sit with me. Have a drink.
I'm your father.
Then ask me to stop.
You can't stop.
Where are you going?
Come on, Frank, where are you going?
Where are you going?
Where are you going tonight?
someplace exotic?
Where are you going tonight?
Tahiti, Hawaii?
This is Hanratty.
Hello, Carl.
Merry Christmas.
How are you, Dr. Conners?
Carl, I haven't been Dr. Conners for months now.
Well... I'm sitting here in my office on Christmas Eve.
What do you want?
Okay.
I want it to be over.
Uh... I want it to be over.
I'm getting married.
You know, I'm settling down.
You've stolen almost $4 million.
You think we can just call that a wedding present?
Nah, this isn't something you get to walk away from, Frank.
I want to call a truce.
No truce.
You will be caught, you will go to prison.
Where did you think this was going?
Please leave me alone, Carl.
Please?
I'm getting close, aren't I?
You're scared because I'm getting close.
I know you... you rented that car in shreveport
and you stayed in that hotel on Lake Charles.
You want to run, be my guest.
Your checks don't lie as well as you do.
stop chasing me.
I can't stop.
It's my job.
It's okay, Carl.
I just thought I'd ask, you know?
Hey. Merry Christmas, huh?
I love my job.
All right...
let's get every newspaper we can
every newspaper in Louisiana for the last two months.
What are we looking for?
Engagement announcements, name of Conners.
Conners?! Come on, Carl, the kid would've
changed his name by now.
Mm-mm. He can't change it.
she thinks he's Conners.
If he loses the name, he loses the girl.
I can't give you anything
But love, baby
That's the only thing I have plenty of
Baby
Dreamin' a while, schemin' a while...
- Congratulations. - You having a good time?
...You're sure to find
- Happiness, and I guess - Keep dancing, huh?
All those things you've always pined for...
- Oh. - Hi.
Oh, me too. Thank you.
I'm going to, uh, the little boys' room.
- Okay. - Okay.
Hurry back.
Good evening.
I'm Agent Hanratty with the FBI.
We'd like to have a few quiet words
with your host, if possible.
I'll get him.
Right over there, sir.
- Hi, Roger. How are you? - Hi, Vin.
Good evening, gentlemen. I'm Roger strong.
Carl Hanratty, FBI.
This is Agents Amdursky and Fox.
sorry to crash your party, sir.
Not at all. What can I do for you?
If it's not too much trouble, I'd like to meet the groom.
Is there a problem?
- Frank! Frank!
Can you hold all these?
Yeah. Come here.
They're checks. They're from my dad's friends.
They're for us, so we can start a new life... Hey!
What are you doing? What's wrong?
We have to leave.
What?!
Brenda, you love me, right?
Yes.
I mean, you'd love me no matter what.
Yes.
I mean, you'd love me
whether I was sick or whether I was poor
or even if I had a different name.
Frank, where'd you get all that money?
Brenda, listen. A name, right?
A name, it doesn't matter.
My name is Frank Conners, right?
- That's who I am with you. - Yes.
But-but we all have secrets.
You know, sometimes when I travel
I use the name Frank Taylor. That-That's my secret.
- Frank Taylor?! - Yeah, Frank Taylor, you know?
- Frank Black. - Frank Black?!
Yeah, it doesn't matter.
Why are you saying all this?
Brenda... Brenda, I don't want to lie to you anymore.
All right? I'm not a doctor.
I never went to medical school.
I'm not a lawyer or a Harvard graduate or a Lutheran.
Brenda, I ran away from home a year and a half ago
when I was 16.
Frank...
Frank?
You're not a Lutheran?
Brenda... you see all this money?
You see all this money? I have more.
I have plenty more.
I have enough money
to last us for the rest of our lives
- Look.
Frank, stop teasing me.
You're Frank Conners.
You're Frank Conners, and you're 2: years old and...
Brenda...
Why would you lie to me?
- Brenda, Brenda... - I want to know your name.
- Listen to me, Brenda. - Tell me your name.
We can live anywhere we want
but you have to trust me, Brenda.
- Do you trust me? - Yes.
- Do you love me, Brenda? - Yes.
- You love me? - I love you.
Excuse me, Mother.
Honey, this is Mr. Hanratty. My wife Carol.
- Oh, Mister...? - Hanratty, ma'am.
- Ratty. - Yes.
Have you seen Frank or Brenda?
I-I think they went upstairs.
Frank...
: Brenda, come here.
Okay, in two days, you're going to meet me
at Miami International Airport, all right?
You're going to leave the house after your parents go to sleep.
You're going to take a taxicab.
You give the taxi driver this money right here
and you tell him to drive all through the night.
Brenda, you're going to leave at 10:00am.
- 10:00am, all right? - But...
I never stop
Till I get to the top...
Which room, sir?
In the corner.
You have to listen to me, all right?
The International Terminal in Miami, all right? Say it.
Okay, the International Terminal in Miami.
- No matter what... - No matter what...
- You're going to take a taxicab. - I will take a taxi.
You're going to be there at 10:00am.
I will be there at 10:00am, no matter what.
- In two days. - Two days.
Two days, Brenda. Two days.
In two days, I'll be there
no matter what, at 10:00am.
You're not going to tell anyone, Brenda.
You have to promise me, now.
Frank, please!
Before you go, please tell me your name.
Please, tell me.
Frank William Abagnale Jr.
National Airlines
flight number 27, serving Fort Myers, sarasota, Tampa
and New York Kennedy, is now available at gate n...
skycap, Gate 14. skycap, Gate 14.
Taxi!
Your attention...
Brenda.
This guy's a no-show.
He must've got wise to us.
Maybe he was tipped.
If he's not here today, he'll be tomorrow.
We'll get him before he leaves the country.
He doesn't have a passport.
For the last six months, he's gone to Harvard and Berkeley.
I'm betting he can get a passport.
so we have all our men waiting for him here
in Miami International.
He's used it before. He knows the layout.
I talked to Miami police; they've offered us
50 uniformed cops in two shifts of 25.
With our guys, that's almost 100 men in one airport.
Don't you think we should spread it around?
No, no, this is the exit point.
Well, how do you know he hasn't rented a car
and driven to airports in New York, Atlanta?
Because I'm not in New York.
I'm not in Atlanta.
Yes, this is, uh, Frank Roberts
and I'm letting all the universities
in the area know that Pan Am will be initiating
a new recruiting program this year.
I'II, uh, be stopping by your campus tomorrow morning.
Thank you all very much for coming.
At the end of the day
I'll be choosing eight young ladies to be a part of...
...Pan Am's future stewardess flight crew program.
Now, these eight young ladies will accompany me
on a two-month public relations tour through Europe.
They will discover firsthand what it takes
to be a Pan American stewardess.
Give me at least two men...
Nah, one man per every two counters.
- Mm-hmm. - All right?
Amdursky?
Yeah?
Make sure your uniforms are covering
the sidewalk entrances and exits.
Hey... let's have, uh, periodic sweeps of the men's lav.
You, here.
What qualifies me to be a future stewardess?
Well, I think that I'm really friendly
and I can really help out
and, um, make people feel welcome on the plane and...
We'll be traveling at 6,000 miles per hour
at an altitude of 300 feet.
All my bags are packed, I'm ready to go...
Ilene Anderson.
Miggy Acker.
Debra Jo McMillan.
Candy Heston.
Come fly with me, let's fly, let's fly away
If you can use some exotic booze
There's a bar in far Bombay
Come fly with me, let's fly, let's fly away
Come fly with me, let's float down to Peru
In Ilama land there's a one-man band
And he'll toot his flute for you
Come fly with me...
Hi.
...Let's take off in the blue
Once I get you up there
Where the air is rarefied
We'll just glide starry-eyed
Once I get you up there...
You see that blonde out front?
I should have been a pilot.
Exactly.
Mr. Carl Hanratty
please pick up the courtesy telephone.
Hanratty.
Carl, your walkie-talkie wasn't working.
There's a guy in a Pan Am uniform
sitting in a white Coupe DeVille out in front of Terminal J.
That's the charter terminal.
Can you get a look at his face?
He's got his pilot's cap on.
Carl, I think it's him!
...Just say the words, and we'll beat the birds
Down to Acapulco Bay...
Watch out, watch out, watch out!
...It's perfect for a flying honeymoon, they say...
Out of the car, Frank.
Frank?!
step out of the car!
Keep your hands where I can see 'em.
Don't shoot me! I'm just a driver.
A man paid me $100 to wear this uniform
and pick someone up at the airport.
Who you picking up?
Hey!
Pack up, let's fly away.
South America, Australia
Singapore, Egypt.
The kid's gone completely out of control.
Why wasn't I called?
Nobody was called, sir.
The banks didn't know what was happening till last week.
That's impossible.
They didn't call 'cause it's not counterfeiting.
- It's something else. - Well, what is he doing?
He's making real checks, sir.
These are so perfect
the airline didn't know the difference.
Last check was cashed in Madrid a week ago.
My guess is he's still there.
We have to leave now, sir. Today.
Go where?
spain? You want to go to spain?
Well, eventually, he's got to go back
to where the checks were printed.
I think that's why he's moving back through Europe.
Look at the map, sir. He's making a circle.
He's running out of checks.
I know it's a... it's a long shot, sir
but if we track him from Madrid, sir, we could still catch him.
I'm sorry, Carl, if you couldn't catch him here
you're not going to catch him there.
But, sir, we're going to let him get away.
No, Carl, you let him get away.
A perfect one-16th all the way around.
Hmm!
Color separation is flawless.
There's no bleeding. Hmm.
Nobody does work like this in the states.
Nobody but us.
Where was it printed?
It was printed on a monster...
A monster.
...a Heidelberg, an Istra...
Heidelberg.
...a dinosaur, four colors.
You can smell the weight.
Two tons, without the ink.
Where do they do printing like this?
Germany, Great Britain...
France.
France!
France. Frank's mother said the name of a village in France
where they didn't have sara Lee.
The village where she met Frank's father.
Oh, yeah, I don't remember, uh...
It started with an M. It was, uh, "Mont" something.
"Mont." Mr. Fox?
Uh, yes, yes.
Question: "You met your husband during the war?"
"Yes, I lived in a small village in France.
Yeah, right.
"The kind of place where they never heard of sara Lee."
Tell me you wrote down the name of the village, Mr. Fox.
Montrichard.
Laeti triumphantes
Venite, venite
In Bethlehem
Natum videte
Regem angelorum
Venite adoremus, Venite adoremus
Venite...
Carl?
Carl!
Merry Christmas!
How is it that we're always talking on Christmas, Carl?
Every Christmas I'm talking to you!
Put your shirt on, Frank. You're under arrest.
Hey, are you hungry? Do you want some beans, Carl?
They got the best French beans here.
Here, give these a try.
There's two dozen French police officers outside.
Carl, I gotta tell you, they're delicious.
They wanted to bring you in.
You want a bite?
But they needed the help of an American.
Are you hungry? You want a bite?
But I told them I wouldn't bring them to you
unless I could put the cuffs on you myself.
Well, you have a gun? You have a gun?
- No gun? - No.
No gun.
And-and you're... and you're telling me what?
There's, uh, there's uh...
there's two dozen French police officers out there
right now on Christmas Eve?
That's what you're telling me?
Yeah.
All right, all right.
Well, there's no windows here.
I'm going to take a look out the front door.
No! No!
I told them I'd walk out first and give a signal.
Here, you can put these on yourself.
No, I can't do that! I can't do that.
You know why?
'Cause I think you're full of shit.
I don't... I don't think there's anyone else out there.
I think... I think it's just me and you.
That's right.
I think it's just me and you, and you know what?
You're going to have to catch me yourself!
I wo... we don't have time for this.
Ah, that's good. That's good.
Tell me what you want me to see, huh?
I wouldn't lie to you.
Look, you're wearing a wedding ring.
You're wearing a wedding ring, Carl!
You lied to me about that!
Didn't you lie about that?!
You asked me if I had a family.
I did, but I don't anymore.
Yes? No, no, no, there is no problem.
We're coming out right now.
Whoa, that was good. That was good.
What, did you... you pay some hotel desk clerk
to make that call for you, is that what you did?
It was Captain Luc.
I've got one minute to bring you out.
Captain Luc? Captain Luc!
Ooh, Captain Luc.
Well, Carl, I gotta say
that-that sounds pretty official to me
but like I said, I... I think it's just
me and you here, it's me and you.
so you're going to have to catch me.
Frank. Frank!
You have to trust me on this!
These people have been embarrassed, Frank.
They're angry.
You rob their banks, you steal their money
you live in their country.
I told you this was what was going to happen
that there was no other way for it to end.
Don't make a mistake!
That's good.
That's good, Carl, you know?
Keep pushing that lie.
Keep pushing it.
Keep pushing till you make it true.
They're going to kill you!
You walk out that door, they're going to kill you.
Is that the truth?
Yeah.
You have any children, Carl?
I have a four-year-old daughter.
You swear on your daughter?
You swear?
Redit ce chant melodieux
Gloria
In excelsius Deo
Gloria...
That was really good, Carl.
I have him in custody.
I got him.
I got him! It's all right!
It's all right!
I got him!
Hey, I want it... I want it on the record.
Frank Abagnale surrendered of his own accord.
Understood? Understood?
Where are you taking him?
I'm... I'm supposed to go.
Where are you taking him?
Let me in the...
Let me in the car!
Hey! Let me in the car!
Gloria...
Don't worry, Frank!
I'll have you extradited back to the United states.
Don't worry.
Gloria
In excelsius Deo.
Carl...
Carl, you have to remember
to let me call my father when we land.
I just want to, I want to talk to him
before he sees me on television or something like that.
Carl, look.
That's LaGuardia right there.
Runway 4-4.
Frank, your father is dead.
I'm sorry.
I didn't want to say anything till we got closer to home.
He-He... He fell down some steps at Grand Central station
trying to catch a train.
I didn't want to be the one to tell you.
You're lying, right?
You said I could talk to him.
Carl, who are you to...
who are you to say something like that, huh?
Who are you to say something like that?
You said I could talk to him.
He fell, and he... and he broke his neck.
I'm sorry.
I'm really sorry.
Goddamn it!
Carl, I'm going to be sick!
- It's all right.
It's all right. It's okay.
Carl, I got to go to the bathroom.
I'm going to be sick.
sure. Let's go in the bathroom.
Goddamn it!
Oh, Daddy...
You'll have take your seat, sir.
I've told you twice. We're landing.
- Sorry. Thank you... - All of you.
Frank! Come on now.
- Frank? - We're landing in six minutes.
All of you need to be in your seats
- With your seat belts fastened. - Frank, open the door!
Frank!
- You do it. - Yeah.
Frank! Frank!
All right, remain seated, everyone, please.
FBI. Stay seated. FBI. Stay seated.
- Please remain seated! - Stay seated.
You must stay seated
until the aircraft has come to a complete stop.
God almighty.
Chestnuts roasting on an open fire...
Jack Frost nipping at your nose
Yuletide carols being sung by a choir
And folks dressed up like Eskimos
Everybody knows
A turkey and some mistletoe
Help to make the season bright
Tiny tots with their eyes all aglow
Will find it hard to sleep tonight...
What's your name?
They know that santa's on his way...
Where's your mommy?
...He's loaded lots of toys and goodies on his sleigh
And every mother's child is gonna spy
To see if reindeer really know how to fly...
And so I'm offering this simple phrase...
To kids from one to 92
Although it's been said many times
Many ways: "Merry Christmas..."
Hands behind your head!
...To you.
Carl, get me in the car, please.
Get me in the car.
Put him in.
Taking into account the gravity of these crimes
your history of bold and elusive behavior
and your complete lack of respect
for the laws of the United States
I have no choice but to ignore your request
to be treated as a minor
and sentence you to 12 years
in Atlanta's maximum security prison
and recommend strongly that you be kept in isolation
for the entirety of that sentence.
..."Merry Christmas to you."
Use that door over there.
...and give everyone my love.
I think about them all the time.
Merry Christmas, Frank.
Hey, I got you some comic books here.
How's your daughter?
What was her name?
Grace.
Well... I don't know.
she lives with her mother in Chicago
and I don't get to see her much.
What's in the briefcase?
Oh. I'm on my way to the airport.
It's a paperhanger
who's working his way through Minnesota.
Aw, geez, he's... he's driving us crazy.
You got any of the checks?
Yeah, yeah, I got a... a counterfeit that he drew
on the Great Lakes savings and Loan.
see, he's just using a stencil machine
and an Underwood.
Yeah, it's a teller at the bank.
say again?
I-It's definitely a teller, Carl.
I mean, banks, they always use hand-stamps
for the dates, see.
They get used over and over again
so they always get worn out
and the numbers are always cracking.
The sixes and the nines... see, they go first.
Thanks.
I'd like you to take a look
at something for me.
Tell me what you think.
That's a fake.
How do you know?
You haven't looked at it.
Well, there's no perforated edge, right?
I mean, this... this check was hand-cut, not fed.
Yeah...
Paper is double-bonded
much too heavy to be a bank check.
Magnetic ink, it's, uh, raised against my fingers
instead of flat.
And this doesn't smell like MICR.
It's some kind of a...
you know, some kind of a drafting ink.
You know, the kind you get at a stationery store.
Frank...
would you be interested in working
with the FBI's Financial Crimes Unit?
I already got a job here.
You know, I, uh, deliver the mail.
Frank, we have the power to take you out of prison.
You'd be placed in the custody of the FBI
where you'd serve out the remainder of your sentence
as an employee of the federal government.
Under whose custody?
Hi. I-I'm Frank Abagnale.
I'm supposed to start work here today.
It's a tour company operating out of the BVI.
sir, Mr. Abagnale is here.
I'm going to call you back.
Hello, Carl.
Welcome to the FBI.
I'll show you where you're working.
Carl... how long do I have to work here?
It's: :15 in the morning to 5:00 in the afternoon.
45 minutes for lunch.
No, I...
I mean, how long?
Every day.
Every day, Frank, till we let you go.
- Yeah.
- Hey, Carl. - Hi.
How you doing?
It's not a good time, Frank.
I'm clearing my desk for the weekend.
Carl, you mind if I come to work with you tomorrow?
Tomorrow is saturday.
I'm flying to Chicago to see my daughter.
I'll be back to work on Monday.
You're going to see Grace, huh?
Well, that's the plan.
so what should I do till Monday?
I'm sorry, kid, I can't help you there.
Excuse me.
This is Hanratty.
Oh, yeah, put him on.
Mr. Sawyer.
How are you?
I have a half a dozen more checks
on that tour operator at the BVI.
American Airlines 355
serving Chicago and san Francisco
is now open for passenger check-in.
How'd you do it, Frank?
How'd you pass the bar in Louisiana?
What are you doing here?
Listen...
I'm sorry I put you through all this.
You go back to Europe, you're gonna die in Perpignan Prison.
You try to run here in the states
we'll send you back to Atlanta for 50 years.
I know that.
I spent four years trying to arrange your release.
Had to convince my bosses at the FBI
and the Attorney General of the United states
you wouldn't run.
Why'd you do it?
You're just a kid.
I'm not your kid.
You said you were going to Chicago.
My daughter can't see me this weekend.
she's going skiing.
You said she was four years old.
You're lying.
she was four when I left.
Now she's 15.
My wife's been remarried for 11 years.
I see Grace every now and again.
I don't understand.
sure you do.
sometimes it's easier living the lie.
I'm going to let you fly tonight, Frank.
I'm not even going to try to stop you.
That's 'cause I know you'll be back on Monday.
Yeah? How do you know I'll come back?
Look.
Frank...
nobody's chasing you.
American Airlines flight 131
to Pittsburgh is now ready for boarding.
Passengers with boarding passes, please proceed to Gate 23A.
Okay.
Alice, has he still not called?
No, he hasn't.
Good morning.
I've, uh, called this meeting to discuss
a new type of check fraud and counterfeiting
which the unsub is washing and altering checks
then passing them throughout Arizona.
This unsub is a big dog
passing checks as large as five figures.
sorry I'm late.
sorry.
We have a recovered check on Agent Reiter's desk.
Why don't we step out to the bullpen?
There's impressions on every line.
Looks like the original amount was for $60.
Mind if I take a look?
Cashed in Flagstaff a week ago.
Cost the bank $16,000.
It's a real check.
Yeah.
Yeah. It's been washed.
The only thing original is the signature.
But it's perfect, Carl. I mean...
I mean, this isn't hydrochloride or bleach.
No.
something new.
Maybe a nail polish remover where the acetone
removes the ink that's not been printed?
How did you do it, Frank?
How did you cheat on the bar exam in Louisiana?
I didn't cheat.
I studied for two weeks and I passed.
Is that the truth, Frank?
Is that the truth?
I'll bet this guy steals checks out of mailboxes.
He washes off their names and he puts on his own.
You're saying that he's a local?
Well, if it were me, you know
I'd call the bank first, I'd check out the balance...
Make sure there's enough money in there
to make it worth your while.
Exactly.
You know, Carl, I think this guy's pretty smart.
I guess all we have to do now is catch him.
We'll start first thing in the morning.
We'll run the name Eric Anthony Feeders.
In Nevada, Arizona, California.
Both names, right? Chris Frank, too?
Yeah...