Loner Zack Mayo (Richard Gere) enters Officer Candidate School to become a Navy pilot and in 13 weeks he learns the importance of discipline, love, teamwork, and friendship.

When successful corporate mogul Edward Lewis meets independent and carefree Vivian Ward, their two lives are worlds apart. But Vivian's energetic spirit challenges Edward's no-nonsense, business-minded approach to life, sparking an immediate attraction. He teaches her the finer things in life-- she teaches him that love could be the best investment he ever made.

Based on the autobiography of a brilliant young master of deception and the FBI agent hot on his trail. Frank W. Abagnale, Jr., passed himself off as a pilot, a lawyer, and a doctor all before his 21st birthday.