Catch Me If You Can (1959)

Original title

Catch Me If You Can!

Directed by

Don Weis

Genre

crime, drama

Runtime

1h 25m

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A man and a woman get caught up in a romance amid the final days of the Cuban Revolution. The film was shot in Havana in 1958 and then lost for decades before a print was found in 2026.

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What happens

Catch Me If You Can is a 1959 American film noir romantic drama directed by Don Weis and starring Gilbert Roland, Dina Merrill and Greta Thyssen. The film was shot in Havana, Cuba during the fall of 1958, when the Cuban Revolution was nearly at an end. According to cast member Jonathan Harris, the finished film never left Cuba because it was seized by the new government. It was considered lost until a 35mm print was discovered in Portland, Oregon in April 2026 and screened by the Hollywood Theatre. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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