The Fugitive is an American television series produced by QM Productions and United Artists Television that aired on ABC from 1963-1967. David Janssen starred as Dr. Richard Kimble, an innocent man from the fictional town of Stafford, Indiana, who was falsely convicted of his wife's murder and given the death penalty. En route to death row, Kimble's train derailed and crashed, allowing him to escape and begin a cross-country search for the real killer, a "one-armed man" (played by Bill Raisch). At the same time, Dr. Kimble was hounded by the authorities, most notably by Stafford Police Lieutenant Philip Gerard (Barry Morse). For other uses, see Drama (disambiguation). ... Roy Huggins (July 18, 1914 – April 3, 2002) was a novelist and an influential writer and producer of humorous, character-driven US television series. ... David Janssen David Harold Meyer (March 27, 1931 - February 13, 1980), better known as David Janssen, was an American film and television actor who is best-known for his role as Dr. Richard Kimble in the television series The Fugitive (ABC,1963-1967). ... Barry Morse in Space: 1999, 1975 Barry Morse (born June 10, 1918, Shoreditch) is an English actor best known for a number of his television roles. ... is the 260th day of the year (261st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 241st day of the year (242nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. ... Quinn Martin (May 22, 1922 – September 6, 1987), born Martin Cohn,[1] was one of the most successful American television producers. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... 2002 identity of the ABC Circle logo, designed by Paul Rand in 1962. ... Year 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. ... David Janssen David Harold Meyer (March 27, 1931 - February 13, 1980), better known as David Janssen, was an American film and television actor who is best-known for his role as Dr. Richard Kimble in the television series The Fugitive (ABC,1963-1967). ... Richard Kimble is the fictional character featured in the television series The Fugitive, portrayed by actor David Janssen. ... Capital punishment, or the death penalty, is the execution of a convicted criminal by the state as punishment for crimes known as capital crimes or capital offences. ... Carl William Raisch, (b. ... Barry Morse in Space: 1999, 1975 Barry Morse (born June 10, 1918, Shoreditch) is an English actor best known for a number of his television roles. ...

The Fugitive aired for four seasons, and a total of 120 episodes were produced. The first three seasons were filmed in black and white, while the final season was in color. Black-and-white is a broad adjectival term used to describe a number of monochrome forms of visual arts. ...

Origins

The series was conceived by Roy Huggins and produced by Quinn Martin. It is generally believed that the series was inspired by the Sam Sheppard case of the 1950s, in which the wife of Cleveland osteopathic physician Sam Sheppard was brutally murdered in their home; Sheppard maintained she had been killed by an intruder, was found guilty, appealed against this judgment to the Supreme Court, and was finally acquitted, having by that point served years in prison. (Huggins, however, steadfastly denied that the Sheppard case had any role in his creation of the show). Roy Huggins (July 18, 1914 – April 3, 2002) was a novelist and an influential writer and producer of humorous, character-driven US television series. ... Quinn Martin (May 22, 1922 – September 6, 1987), born Martin Cohn,[1] was one of the most successful American television producers. ... Samuel Holmes Sheppard, D.O. (1923 – April 6, 1970) was an American osteopathic physician [1] involved in a famous and controversial murder trial when he was convicted of the murder of his pregnant wife, Marilyn Sheppard. ... the first thing that was invented was the automatic DILDO. Education grew explosively because of a very strong demand for high school and college education. ... Cleveland redirects here. ... This article is about a type of complementary medicine practiced worldwide. ... The word physician should not be confused with physicist, which means a scientist in the area of physics. ... Federal courts Supreme Court Circuit Courts of Appeal District Courts Elections Presidential elections Midterm elections Political Parties Democratic Republican Third parties State & Local government Governors Legislatures (List) State Courts Local Government Other countries Atlas  US Government Portal      The Supreme Court of the United States (sometimes colloquially referred to by the...

The concept of a series focusing on a lead character who was constantly on the move, on the run for a crime he did not commit, proved to be perfect for television programming. While shows like Route 66 had employed the same anthology-like premise of wanderers finding adventure in each new place they came to, The Fugitive answered two questions that had bedeviled many similar series: "Why doesn't the protagonist settle down somewhere?" and "Why is the protagonist trying to solve these problems himself instead of calling in the police?" The Fugitive's premise answered these questions, and numerous other television series have imitated it, with the twists being mostly in the nature of the fugitives: a scientist with a monstrous alter ego (The Incredible Hulk,1978); a husband and wife (Hot Pursuit, 1984); a young man afflicted with lycanthropy (Werewolf, 1987); a group of ex-US Army Special Forces accused of a crime they didn't commit (The A-Team, 1983); and even a German shepherd (Run, Joe, Run, 1974). Route 66 was an American TV series in which two young men traveled across America. ... This article is about the live action series. ... Year 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar). ... Hot Pursuit was a short-lived television series starring Kerrie Keane and Eric Pierpoint, which debuted on September 22, 1984. ... This article is about the year. ... In folklore, lycanthropy is the ability or power of a human being to undergo transformation into a wolf. ... Promotional photo for Werewolf Property of Fox Television Werewolf was an American action-adventure television series, and one of the original shows in the Fox Networks broadcast line-up during its inaugural season of 1987-1988. ... Year 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar). ... For the 2008 movie, see The A-Team (film). ... Year 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar). ... Run, Joe, Run was a Saturday morning television program that aired on NBC from 1974 to 1976. ... Year 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. ...

In its debut season, The Fugitive was the 28th highest rated show in the US (with a 21.7 Rating), and it jumped to 5th in its second season (27.9). It fell out of the top 30 during the last two seasons,^[1] however, the show's finale became the most watched TV episode ever to that time. When TV viewers or entertainment professionals in the United States mention ratings they are often referring to Nielsen Ratings, a system developed by Nielsen Media Research to determine the audience size and composition of television programming. ...

The show also came away with other honours. In 1965, Alan Armer, the producer and head writer of the series, received an Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America for his work. And in a 1993 ranking, TV Guide named The Fugitive the best dramatic series of the 1960s. Born Alan A. Armer in Los Angeles, California on July 7, 1922, he received a bachelors degree in speech and drama from Stanford University and a master¹s in theatre arts from UCLA. After college, Armer started his entertainment career at a radio station in San Jose where he... The Edgar Allan Poe Awards (popularly called the Edgars), named after Edgar Allan Poe, are presented every year by the Mystery Writers of America. ... Mystery Writers of America is an organization for mystery writers, based in New York. ... Year 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar). ... The 1960s decade refers to the years from 1960 to 1969. ...

Characters

Dr. Richard Kimble

The series lead, and the only character seen in all 120 episodes, was Dr. Richard Kimble (Janssen).

A respected small-town Indiana pediatrician, it was generally known around Stafford that Richard and his wife Helen had been having arguments prior to her death. Helen's pregnancy had ended in a miscarriage, and this event had also apparently rendered her infertile. The couple was devastated, but Helen refused to consider adopting children as Richard wanted. The night of Helen's murder, the Kimbles were heard arguing heatedly over this topic by their neighbours. Richard later went out for a drive to cool off; as he was returning home, he briefly glimpsed a one-armed man fleeing from his house. He then entered his home to find that Helen had been killed. No-one had seen or heard Dr. Kimble go out for his drive, and he was convicted of Helen's murder.

After his escape from custody, Kimble moved from town to town, always trying to remain unobtrusive and unnoticed as he searched for the one-armed man while also trying to evade police capture. He usually adopted a nondescript alias and toiled at low-paying menial jobs (i.e. jobs that required no ID or security checks) in order to survive. Though Kimble tried to keep a low profile, circumstances often conspired to place him in positions where he would be forced to risk capture in order to help a deserving person he had met in his travels.

Fred Johnson, The One-Armed Man

Like Kimble, the one-armed man (Raisch) used a variety of aliases while on the run - in the episode "A Clean And Quiet Town" he is credited as "Steve Kramer" while in "The Ivy Maze" he poses as "Carl Stoker." He went by the name Fred Johnson in several episodes, notably "Escape Into Black," "Wife Killer" (where it is found he had donated blood for some money and wrote down his real name on a Red Cross card) and the two-part series finale "The Judgement." Thus it is generally regarded as his "real" identity by fans of the show. Rarely seen (appearing in person in only nine episodes and also in a photograph in the episode "The Breaking Of The Habit" with Eileen Heckart), the shadowy Johnson was a drifter who was both crafty and almost superhumanly strong. The Anarchist Black Cross was originally called the Anarchist Red Cross. The band Redd Kross was originally called Red Cross. This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Eileen Heckart was an American actress of stage, screen and television. ...

Lt. Philip Gerard

While Johnson was being pursued by Kimble, Kimble was being pursued by the relentless police detective Lt. Philip Gerard (Morse). A formidably intelligent family man and a dedicated public servant, Gerard made for an interesting anti-hero. While his utter devotion to tracking down someone he believed to be a cold-blooded murderer made him thoroughly admirable, his unrelenting pursuit of an innocent man made him equally detestable.

Morse did portray Gerard as a man duty-bound to capture Kimble, but who did appear to have some doubts as to his guilt, something the shrewder screenwriters seemed to pick up. In one episode, when a woman witness remarks that Kimble killed his wife, Gerard simply replies "The law says so", with a tone of doubt in his voice (though in "Wife Killer" he did state with certainty that the one-armed man did not exist and that Kimble was guilty, though this was presumably more to intimidate newspaper editor Herb Malone (Kevin McCarthy) than out of complete and utter conviction). Actor Kevin McCarthy in the remake of Invasion of the Body Snatchers Kevin McCarthy (born February 15, 1914 in Seattle, Washington) is an American actor. ...

The angle of Gerard being gnawed by doubt about Kimble's guilt was augmented as Kimble rescues Gerard in episodes such as "Never Wave Goodbye," "Corner Of Hell," "Ill Wind," and "The Evil Men Do"; "Evil" in particular played on the respect that had developed between the two men when Gerard is pursued by a Mob hitman who was rescued from a runaway horse by Kimble; Kimble rescues Gerard from the hitman, and in their dialogue Gerard makes clear he knows Kimble didn't hire a hitman; it is also interesting that Kimble escapes from Gerard but the lieutenant does not pursue Kimble, instead going after the hitman trying to kill him.

In "Nemesis", Kimble unintentionally kidnaps Gerard's young son Philip Junior (played by 12-year-old star-to-be Kurt Russell). Though as concerned as any father should be, Gerard is confident that Kimble will not do his boy any real harm. After his experience with Kimble, Philip Junior questions whether or not he is guilty and his father openly admits that it is possible that he was wrong, but it changes nothing in that Kimble has to be brought in. The epilogue also hints at the respect Kimble has for Gerard the man - earlier he'd confiscated football cards to stop Phil Jr. from leaving a trail; in the epilogue Kimble puts the remaining cards in an envelope and mails them back to the Gerards. Kurt Vogel Russell (born March 17, 1951) is an American actor. ...

The doubt that gnaws at Gerard about Kimble's guilt begins to get the best of him in "The Judgement, Part One" (early on he tells LA Police Lt. Ralph Lee (Joseph Campanella), "I've lost a lot of things these last four years, starting with a prisoner the State told me to guard.") when he interrogates Johnson and finds discrepancies in his story, to where he grabs Johnson and demands to know if he killed Helen Kimble. Later he captures Kimble, but in arresting him he actually apologizes to him for performing his duty ("I'm sorry. You just ran out of time") - building on the twin themes of Kimble's respect for Gerard and also his exhaustion with running, Kimble makes no effort to escape here. Joseph Campanella (born November 21, 1933 in New York, New York) is an American actor who has appeared in over 200 TV and film roles since 1955, including a recurring role on the soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful from 1997 to 2003. ...

There are parallels to be seen between Gerard's pursuit of Kimble and the pursuit of Jean Valjean by Inspector Javert in Les Miserables, though Javert never let go of his obsession to follow the letter of the law and hunt down his fugitive, even killing himself when he could not reconcile the justice Valjean dishes out. Gerard, on the other hand, was portrayed externally as a man like Javert, willing to even risk his own loyal followers to catch his man, but internally was more of a thinking man who could balance justice and duty. Les Misérables is an 1862 novel by the famous French novelist Victor Hugo, set in the Parisian underworld. ...

According to some of those who worked on the show, these parallels were not coincidental. Stanford Whitmore, who wrote the pilot episode "Fear in a Desert City," says that he deliberately gave Kimble's nemesis a similar-sounding name to see if anyone would recognize the similarity between 'Gerard' and 'Javert'.^[2] One who recognized the similarity was Morse; he pointed out the connection to Quinn Martin, who admitted that The Fugitive was a "sort of modern rendition of the outline of Les Misérables."^[2] Morse accordingly went back to the Victor Hugo novel and studied the portrayal of Javert, to find ways to make the character more complex than the "conventional 'Hollywood dick'" Gerard had originally been conceived as. "I've always thought that we in the arts ... are all 'shoplifters,'" Morse said. "Everybody, from Shakespeare onwards and downwards ... But once you've acknowledged that ... when you set out on a shoplifting expedition, you go always to Cartier's, and never to Woolworth's!"^[2] Victor-Marie Hugo (IPA: ) (26 February 1802 — 22 May 1885) was a French poet, playwright, novelist, essayist, visual artist, statesman, human rights campaigner, and perhaps the most influential exponent of the Romantic movement in France. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... Cartier SA is a famous jeweller and watch manufacturer that is a subsidiary of Compagnie Financière Richemont SA. The maison is known for numerous celebrated pieces including the infamous Bestiary – best illustrated by the famous Panthère brooch of the 1940s created for Wallis Simpson , and in 1904 the... Foot Locker Inc NYSE: FL (formerly Z) is a United States company specialising in athletic footwear and clothing. ...

Others

William Conrad provided voice-over narration for each episode. Kimble's murdered wife Helen was portrayed in flashbacks in several episodes by Diane Brewster; in the episode "The Girl From Little Egypt" flashbacks illustrate the actual murder and circumstances surrounding it. Also seen very occasionally were Kimble's married sister, Donna Taft (Jacqueline Scott); and Gerard's superior at the Stafford police department, Captain Carpenter (Paul Birch). Only the character of Richard Kimble is present onscreen in every episode; off-screen narrator Conrad is also heard at the beginning and end of each episode, while a separate voice, the announcer, speaks the title of the episode and the names of the episode's guest stars in the opening teaser. This uncredited announcer (played by Hank Simms) also says, "The Fugitive" aloud at the end of the closing credits. Quinn Martin's previous show, The Untouchables, also contained both a narrator (Walter Winchell) and an announcer. Conrad in Cannon William Conrad (September 27, 1920 – February 11, 1994), born William Cann, was an American actor and narrator in radio, film and television noted for his gifted use of a marvelous baritone voice, as well as for his sizable girth. ... A voice-over is a narration that is played on top of a video segment, usually with the audio for that segment muted or lowered. ... Diane Brewster (1931-1991) was an American television actress most noted for her role as Samantha Crawford in the 1957 television series Maverick, a sophisticated western featuring James Garner and Jack Kelly. ... Jacqueline Scott is an actress who has appeared in several films and television programs as well as guest starring in over one hundred television shows. ... Paul Birch, born Paul Smith (13 January 1912-24 May 1969), was an American actor of stage and film. ... The Untouchables is the name of a television series that ran from 1959 to 1963 on the American Broadcasting Company. ... Walter Winchell (April 7, 1897 – February 20, 1972), an American newspaper and radio commentator, invented the gossip column at the New York Evening Graphic. ...

Gerard directly appears in only thirty-eight episodes (though his image appears in the series' opening credits every week) and Fred Johnson is seen in only nine episodes though he appears in the opening credits beginning with the show's second season. He appeared only twice in the show's first season and one time apiece in the second and third seasons, but appeared in six fourth-season episodes, a reflection of new producer Wilton Schiller's desire to steer the show toward a more action-oriented direction.

The 120 episodes of The Fugitive offered a who's who of Hollywood character actors and upcoming talent. Many guest stars reappeared in multiple episodes. For the devoted viewer, this offered the entertaining fun of guessing whether a particular reappearance by an actor would represent a character who would aid Kimble or seek to turn him in. Mel Proctor's book, The Official Fan's Guide to The Fugitive, lists all the actors and their episode numbers as Appendix 5. It is a daunting list of accomplished, well-known talent. Mel Proctor is a long-time television sportscaster, working for, among others, the San Diego Padres and Los Angeles Clippers at various points in his career. ...

Musical score

Series creator Huggins insisted that Janssen star, Quinn Martin produce and Pete Rugolo compose the music for The Fugitive. All the original music used for the series was composed by Rugolo and recorded in London before the series was filmed. In fact, many episodes had Rugolo as the sole credited composer for the episode's scores. However, only a fraction of all the music heard throughout the series was original Rugolo music. As was the practice for the times, library music (either from other classic TV shows or from stock music libraries, as was the case with The Adventures of Superman) provided a majority of the episodes' scores. For example, a keen listener could find himself listening to a cue from the Outer Limits series during the climactic final episode of The Fugitive. Numerous cues from The Twilight Zone episode "The Invaders" are used to strong effect throughout the series, notably in the climax of the episode "The Witch." The old pop songs, "I'll Never Smile Again" and "I'll Remember April" each appear several times in the series, often associated with Kimble's deceased wife, Helen. Pete Rugolo (born December 25, 1915) is an Italian-born composer and arranger. ... This article is about the television series. ... The Outer Limits is an American television series. ... The Twilight Zone title. ...

What little original melody was actually written and recorded was built around a fast-paced tempo representing running music. Different variations, from sad to action-oriented, would be used, with many arrangements developed for the music supervisor to select as best suited for particular scenes. There was also an original "Dragnet"-type theme for Lt. Gerard. Dragnet, the instrumental theme song from the radio and television show of the same name, was composed by Miklós Rósas score for the 1946 film version of The Killers, and was modified by Walter Schumann for the show, and was NE]] in 1953, and became a popular...

A soundtrack issue containing the key music Rugolo wrote and recorded for the series is now available on CD from Silva Screen Records. About 40 minutes in length, this CD contains mono yet hi-fidelity cuts and cues that were recorded in London. Silva Screen Records is a London based independent record label which is one of the world’s leading film and television specialist soundtrack companies. ...

Final episode

The final episode of the series aired on Tuesday, August 29, 1967, with the conclusion of a two-part episode titled, "The Judgment." In the episode, Dr. Kimble has been captured by Gerard in Los Angeles and is being transported back to Indiana. During the lengthy train trip, Kimble persuades the detective to provide him one final opportunity to catch Johnson. is the 241st day of the year (242nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. ...

The clue he follows is a bail bond slip allegedly signed by Kimble's brother-in-law, Leonard Taft. In fact, the bond was signed by a previously-unseen neighbor, Lloyd Chandler (J.D. Cannon), a war hero who was at the house the night of the murder. Rather than stop the killer, Chandler had cowered in fear, and is now being blackmailed by the killer. Kimble and Gerard discover this and head to an abandoned amusement park, where Kimble has a dramatic confrontation on a carnival tower with Johnson. This segment was filmed at Pacific Ocean Park in Santa Monica. In the struggle, Johnson gains the upper hand and is about to kill Kimble, forcing Gerard to shoot him dead from long range with a rifle. Afterwards, Chandler finally admits what happened that night, thus allowing Kimble to finally be cleared of charges. In the final scene of the episode and the series, an exonerated Kimble shakes hands with Gerard while leaving a courthouse and walks off toward his new life, as narrator Conrad intones: "Tuesday, August 29: The day the running stopped."The final episode on August 29, in some parts of the country was interrupted for the World Series game. "The Judgment, part 2, was shown the following week, delaying the start of the World series game. The William Conrad voice over was changed to "Tuesday, September 5, The day the running stopped". J.D. Cannon (born April 24, 1922 in Salmon, Idaho), is an American actor. ... Vintage postcard circa 1959 showing the entrance plaza of Pacific Ocean Park Pacific Ocean Park was an twenty-eight acre (110,000 m²), nautical-themed amusement park built on a pier at Santa Monica, California which was intended to compete with Disneyland. ... Santa Monica Pier Santa Monica is a coastal city located in Los Angeles County, California USA, by the Pacific Ocean, south of Pacific Palisades and Brentwood, west of Westwood, Los Angeles, and north of Venice. ...

The finale brought in 30 million viewers (72 percent of all viewers at that time) until the November 21, 1980 "Who Shot J.R." episode of Dallas, this episode was the highest-rated series television program ever. In 1983, the final episode of M*A*S*H, "Goodbye, Farewell and Amen," topped both programs.^[3] is the 325th day of the year (326th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar). ... Dallas was a long-running primetime television soap opera about the Ewings, a wealthy Texas oil family. ... Year 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar). ... M*A*S*H is an American television series developed by Larry Gelbart, inspired by the 1968 novel M*A*S*H: A Novel About Three Army Doctors by Richard Hooker (penname for H. Richard Hornberger) and its sequels, but primarily by the 1970 film MASH, and influenced by the... List of M*A*S*H episodes Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to: Goodbye, Farewell, and Amen Goodbye, Farewell and Amen was a television movie that served as the 251st and final episode of the M*A*S*H television series. ...

Legacy

The theme of one or more people on the run, criss-crossing America and getting involved in the personal lives of the people they meet, has become the basis of many similar TV shows.

These have included:

• The A-Team
• Alias Smith and Jones
• Hot Pursuit
• The Incredible Hulk (in this case the pursuer is a reporter)
• The Invaders (made by the same people who made The Fugitive, but this time the hero David Vincent is more of a pursuer than a man pursued)
• Kung Fu
• The Pretender
• Prison Break
• Quantum Leap (although in this case the man is not on the run, he bounces about in time getting involved with and solving people's problems)
• Renegade
• Runaway
• Run, Joe, Run
• Starman
• Two
• Werewolf

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1993 film

Main article: The Fugitive (1993 film)

The Fugitive, a feature film based on the series, was released in 1993, starring Harrison Ford as Kimble, Tommy Lee Jones as Gerard (now named "Samuel" instead of "Philip" and a U.S. Marshal rather than a police lieutenant) and Andreas Katsulas as the one-armed man (now called Fred Sykes instead of Fred Johnson). Some believe this movie and its success may have started the Hollywood trend of the 1990s for remaking old television series as feature films. However, many feel that the movie stayed true to its source material, and at times exaggerated it. In particular, the script portrays Kimble as a man so good that he chooses to help others even when it poses a danger to his liberty or to his physical safety. For the TV series, see The Fugitive (TV series). ... For the TV series, see The Fugitive (TV series). ... For the silent film actor, see Harrison Ford (silent film actor). ... For the musician, see Tommy Lee. ... “U.S. Marshals” redirects here. ... Andreas Katsulas Andrew C. Andreas Katsulas (May 18, 1946 – February 13, 2006) was an American actor best known for his roles as Ambassador GKar in the science fiction television series Babylon 5, as the one-armed villain Sykes in the film The Fugitive (1993), and as the Romulan Commander...

Barry Morse did have a cameo role in the film, (where he sees Harrison Ford and starts to chase him), but it was cut out of the theatrical release of the movie.

Gerard and his team of Marshals returned in the film U.S. Marshals, played by the same actors. Even though it was not a sequel, it had a similar plotline of an innocent man evading police to prove his innocence. This page refers to a motion picture. ...

To coincide with the theatrical release, NBC aired the show's first and last episodes in the summer of 1993. This article is about the television network. ...

2000 TV remake

A short-lived TV series remake (CBS, 2000-2001) of the same name also aired, filmed in Everett, Washington starring Tim Daly as Kimble, Mykelti Williamson as Gerard, and Stephen Lang as the one-armed man. CBS canceled the series after one season with a total of 22 episodes. It's interesting to note, however, that this was the very first lead in show to another CBS show, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (which ran after The Fugitive on Friday nights), which became a massive hit when it debuted in the same year. This article is about the broadcast network. ... Year 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full 2000 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 2001 Gregorian calendar). ... County Snohomish Government  - Mayor Ray Stephanson Area  - City 123. ... Timothy Daly (born March 1, 1956, in New York) is an American screen and voice actor and producer. ... Mykelti Williamson (born March 4, 1960 in St. ... Stephen Lang is a film actor from New York City, New York, who started in theatre on Broadway. ... CSI: Crime Scene Investigation is a popular Alliance Atlantis/CBS police procedural television series, running since October 2000, about a team of forensic scientists. ...

Home Video

Prior to home video, "The Fugitive" was part of the original lineup on the "Arts & Entertainment Network", commonly known as A&E, beginning in 1984. It ran until the summer of 1993. The show appeared briefly on the "TV Land" network in 2000 before disappearing from cable tv altogether.

A total of 42 episodes have been released on home video (VHS) by NuVentures Video. Of these, 12 episodes were also released on laserdisc. Not to be confused with disk laser, a type of solid-state laser in a flat configuration. ...

Currently, Republic Pictures and CBS Paramount Television own the rights to the series; CBS DVD (with distribution by Paramount Home Entertainment) released Season 1, Volume 1 on DVD in Region 1 on August 14th, 2007 for the very first time. Reviews of the first DVD set have been very positive as the show appears uncut and uncompressed, re-mastered from the original negatives and magnetic soundtrack, although a disclaimer by CBS mentions some episodes are "edited from their original broadcast versions" and some music changed for home video. There are no subtitles or alternate languages, and the "liner notes" consist merely of TV-Guide-style episode synopses inside the four-disc holder. Republic Pictures Corporation (aka Republic Entertainment) is an independent film, television, and video distribution company that was originally a movie production-distribution corporation with studio facilities, best known for its specialization in quality B pictures, westerns and movie serials. ... CBS Paramount Television (formerly Desilu Productions, Paramount Television, among other companies) is an American television production/distribution company that was formed on January 17, 2006 by CBS Corporation merging Paramount Television and CBS Productions. ... CBS Video Enterprises was the home video entertainment arm of CBS, Inc. ... Paramount Home Entertainment (formerly Paramount Home Video) is a home video company founded in 1981. ...

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Spoofs and parodies

Spoofs and parodies of The Fugitive appeared in many TV shows and movies, including Alf, The Simpsons, Get Smart ("Don't Look Back")^[2], It's Garry Shandling's Show^[2] and the film Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back. On Late Night With David Letterman, Chris Elliott played the eponymous character in a skit called "The Fugitive Guy." This article discusses the sitcom. ... Simpsons redirects here. ... Get Smart was an American comedy television series that satirized the secret agent genre. ... Its Garry Shandlings Show is one of the first original programs created by the fledgling Showtime network in the mid-80s to compete with original HBO comedies like Not Necessarily the News. ... Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001) is a film written by, directed and starring Kevin Smith, the fifth to be set in his View Askewniverse, a growing collection of characters and settings that developed out of his cult favorite Clerks. ... Late Night with David Letterman was a nightly hour-long comedy talk show on NBC hosted by David Letterman. ... Chris Elliott (born May 31, 1960 in New York City) is an American comedian and the son of comedian Bob Elliott. ...

MAD magazine published a satire called "The Phewgitive" in its 89th issue (September 1964). Harvey Kurtzmans cover for the first issue of the comic book Mad Mad is an American humor magazine founded by publisher William Gaines and editor Harvey Kurtzman in 1952. ...

In one episode of the 2000 TV series remake, titled "DrRichardKimble.com," there is a scene that shows a series of wanted posters. One of the posters is a cameo of none other than Dr. Sam Sheppard, the Ohio physician who was imprisoned for killing his wife in 1954 and who most people believe was the real life inspiration for the TV series. Samuel Holmes Sheppard, D.O. (1923 – April 6, 1970) was an American osteopathic physician [1] involved in a famous and controversial murder trial when he was convicted of the murder of his pregnant wife, Marilyn Sheppard. ...

David Lynch included a one-armed man in Twin Peaks as an homage to Fred Johnson. The one-armed man's name is Phillip Michael Gerard, a reference to Lieutenant Philip Gerard in The Fugitive. [1] Coincidentally, CBS now owns the rights to both Twin Peaks and The Fugitive. For other persons named David Lynch, see David Lynch (disambiguation). ... For the hills in San Francisco, see Twin Peaks, San Francisco, California. ...

Notes

1. ^ Brooks, Tim; Marsh, Earle. The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946–Present. Eighth Edition. NY: Ballantine Books, 2003. Pp. 1459-60.
2. ^ ^{a b c d e} Robertson, Ed (1993). The Fugitive Recaptured. Universal City, California: Pomegranate Press. ISBN 0-938817-34-5. 
3. ^ Friedman, David; Andrew Edelstein (May 19 1989). "Yo, Tubbs, It's Over; As 'Miami Vice' slouches toward its close, we're all left to wonder whether the show was hip or hype / What TV Shows Do When the Fat Lady Sings". Newsday (New York): 02. 

External links

• The Fugitive (1963) at the Internet Movie Database
• The Fugitive (1993 movie) at the Internet Movie Database
• The Fugitive (2000) at the Internet Movie Database
• Encyclopedia of Television
• Full episodes of The Fugitive (2000) free from AOL Video