# movies

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies/185467>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [July 1, 2003, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies/185467 "2003-07-01T00:44:47Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![laundryman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d78d45/32.png) [@laundryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/laundryman)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2003, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies/185467/1 "2003-07-01T00:44:47Z")

</div>

I just got a copy of the movie " catch me if you can" staring leonardo dicaprio and tom hanks.

It seems to me I saw a movie maybe 20 years ago with a similar theme. In this movie, at one point the hero was a surgeon on a ship and did an operation from a book. Additionally he assumed several other characters. My problem is I can’t remember the name of the movie, or who starred.

If anyone remembers this movie I sure would appreciate it as it’s really bugging me

thanks, doug

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2003, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies/185467/2 "2003-07-01T01:36:49Z")

</div>

Duplicate of [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=194546](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=194546)