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Catch Me If You Can

Ambassador Hotel

Los Angeles · United States  ·  Frank's hotel night with model

Catch Me If You Can filmed at Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles. Frank's romance with a model and a forgery scene both play out at this now-demolished hotel. On screen it's Miami hotel.

Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles
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Where to go

34.061673, -118.298255
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Probable Named in published production coverage; the coordinate is the place itself, checked against a gazetteer.

Good to know

Title
Catch Me If You Can (2002)
On screen
Miami hotel
In real life
Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles
Can you visit?
Closed to visitors
Time to allow
—
Confidence
Probable

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Ambassador Hotel today

A Star Is Born film location: Norman Maine crashes the Academy Award ceremony: The Ambassador Hotel (since demolished), Wilshire Boulevard, midtown Los Angeles
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Questions

Where exactly did Catch Me If You Can film at Ambassador Hotel?
At 34.061673, -118.298255 in Los Angeles. Named in published production coverage; the coordinate is the place itself, checked against a gazetteer.
Can you visit Ambassador Hotel?
Closed to visitors.
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