- Narrator: [Opening Narration. Viewers see Richard Kimble escape the police with the help of a sailor by boarding a trawler heading out to sea] Richard Kimble, Fugitive, a man for whom there are no neutrals - only enemies or friends. To such a man, a stranger's whim, a decision to lend a helping hand, means the difference between freedom or death.
- Narrator: [Epilog Closing Narration. Viewers see Richard Kimble on a beach, seeking a ride with some fisherman heading out to sea] To Richard Kimble, the Fugitive, a respite of love is brief. The end of love and the necessity of survival - in flight from the numberless enemy - darkness and loneliness are harsh but sheltering friends.
- Dr. Richard Kimble: Well, I'm not exactly what you'd call a colleague any longer, Doctor. I'm a convicted murderer.
- Dr. Frederick Howell: I don't care if you're the Mad Bomber. You're a doctor, a trained physician.