When Kimble suffers temporary amnesia from an explosion, he finds himself caught between a social worker who wants to help and a psychiatrist who doesn't.When Kimble suffers temporary amnesia from an explosion, he finds himself caught between a social worker who wants to help and a psychiatrist who doesn't.When Kimble suffers temporary amnesia from an explosion, he finds himself caught between a social worker who wants to help and a psychiatrist who doesn't.
- The Checker
- (as Donald Barry)
- Marty
- (as Herb Vigran)
- Diner Customer
- (uncredited)
- Narrator
- (uncredited)
- Train Passenger
- (uncredited)
- Policeman
- (uncredited)
- Patient
- (uncredited)
- Conductor
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe photo showing Kimble in the hospital bed is the same one from Season 1 episode "Nightmare at Northoak."
- GoofsIn the photo of Kimball in the hospital bed, there's no bandage on Kimball's forehead, and it looks like he has received no head injury.
- Quotes
Narrator: [Act One Opening Narration. Viewers see Richard Kimble disembark from a truck labeled "Tracy Trucking Company" on which he had hitched a ride] Another stopping place at the end of another road. If your name is Richard Kimble, you're guilty to escape and flight.
[Kimble starts to cross the street, heading toward an all-night diner]
Narrator: You have no future unless you can find the past - the night of September 17th, two years ago. You saw the man who killed your wife that night.
[Kimble, in a flashback from two years ago, in salt-and-pepper hair, driving his vehicle, observes a shadowy figure running from Kimble's yard and start to dash across the street]
Narrator: His face was there for only a moment
[Kimble clearly sees a one armed man in the car headlights. The car nearly strikes the man. They stare at each other for a moment, then the one armed man runs off]
Narrator: but you'll never forget it. You keep looking. Today, a truck driver mentions a one armed man in Decatur. The description fits.
- SoundtracksTheme from The Fugitive
Music by Pete Rugolo
At the hospital, Dr. Towne (actor Ivan Dixon), a neuropsychiatrist, tries to treat Kimble's amnesia. Meanwhile, social worker Margaret Ruskin (actress Betty Garrett, in an outstanding performance) tries to figure out who Kimble is, his identification proving to be false. Dr. Towne is intelligent, clinical and uncaring, while Ruskin cares deeply about everyone.
Ruskin travels the town showing Kimble's photo to one-armed men, one of whom turns out to be Fred Johnson, the real murderer of Mrs. Kimble. Though she does not know which of the one-armed men is the killer, she knows it must be one of them, because the police get an anonymous call advising them Kimble is at the hospital.
When police inform Dr. Towne who Kimble is, and say they are on the way to make an arrest, Ruskin has to convince Kimble he is a convicted murderer who must escape to save his life. Kimble, fighting to regain his memory, goes to the public library to read old newspapers to learn about his wife's death and the trial, but this is inadequate to restore his memory. Kimble faces severe danger when, in his confused state, he phones Lieutenant Gerard and says he is taking a train to Stafford to turn himself in.
- ynot-16
- Nov 19, 2006
Details
- Runtime51 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1