From: nad@tegra.COM (Nancy Durgin)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv
Subject: Re: Anyone remembers The Fugitive ???
Date: 27 Jul 92 16:45:10 GMT
Reply-To: nad@tegra.UUCP (Nancy Durgin)
Organization: Tegra-Varityper, Inc. Billerica, MA

In article <Bs1A75.Lor@news.cso.uiuc.edu> lcpg8275@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Encoreson) writes:
|>I watched the TV series "The Fugitive" when I was a small kid in
|>my home country.  Recently, I spotted reruns of the show on A&E
|>here in the States and made me recalled memories of my childhood.
|>
|>Since I'd never finished watching the entire series and cannot
|>afford the time to see the reruns, I am turning to the net to
|>see if some old-timers can answer a few questions that had long
|>been buried at the back of my mind.
|>
|>First of all, when was it made?  It's in black and white, so I guess
|>in the 40's or 50's.  However, some relatively modern jet-engined
|>planes had appeared in the show (??).
|>

Mid-60's, approximately '64-'67.  The last season was in color.  Color TV 
programs were phased in all throughout the early 60's.  There are quite a 
few shows that shifted around 1966 or so.

|>Was it a big hit in America?
|>

I believe the final episode was the most watched program in history, and held
that record for quite some time.  Also, people used to come up to the actors
in the street and yell at them for harrassing poor Doctor Kimble.

|>Who played Dr. Campbell?  Is he still around?
|>

The character's name is Richard Kimble.  He was played by David Janssen. 
David Janssen was also in the TV series "Harry O" (Private detective
show in the mid 70's).  He died around 1980, at the age of about 50. 

|>Now, the most important question(s):  Did Dr. Campbell ever find the
|>man whom he saw escaping from the crime scene (his home?) ??
|>Did he get acquitted of the murder charge?  
|>Why did the murderer kill Dr. Campbell's wife?
|>

SPOILERS!  SPOILERS!

I suppose one doesn't need to worry about spoilers for an episode that
aired 25 years ago, right?  Well, I know of at least one person who hasn't
seen the final episode, plans to some day, and doesn't want it spoiled.

Anyway, in the final episode he catches up with the one-armed man, and
has a final struggle with him on top of some tall structure in an
amusement park.  The one-armed man falls to his death, but Lt.  Gerard
witnesses it, and with some other evidence that came to light, is
convinced that Kimble didn't do it.  They don't actually show a re-trial
in the episode, but the idea is that his innocence is satisfactorily
proven. 

I think the one-armed man killed Kimble's wife because she caught him in the
act of robbing the house, or something.  No complicated motives.

|>Oh, one more: Ever noticed Dr. Campbell was always involved with
|>a variety of (troubled) women during his escape?
|>

Yeah, I guess he met his share...  Makes for interesting plots, right?

|>Thanks!!!
|>

No problem.  I'm in the midst of watching all the episodes myself
(time-shifting them from A&E).  I've only seen a small fraction of them, but
that happens to include the last two episodes, and I also happen to have
a very complete episode guide... (which I can't distribute on the net, but 
can provide information on how to get ahold of it legally).

         Nancy


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