In the movie Catch Me If You Can FBI agent Hanratty was able to determine Frank Abignale's whereabouts in France because another agent took detailed notes during an interview with his parents. Handratty remembered the name started with an "M" but couldn't remember the rest. The agent took out his notebook and found the name of the village from where his mother originated in the transcript. Had he not written down that information they never would have found him.