The Fugitive in general

Newest Review: ... but you can buy it on dvd which I will come to later. The Fugitive the title refers to is Doctor Richard Kimble (played by ... more

... David Janssen), a pediatrician who is on the run from the police after being falsely accused of murdering his wife Helen Kimble. Kimble sees a one-armed man fleeing the crime scene and travels from town to town trying to find him and prove his innocence. He also helps a lot of people in need. At the start of each episode Kimble is shown escaping from a Death-Row bound train. Lieutenant Philip Gerard (played by Barry Morse) is determined to recapture Kimble and there are lots of episodes where Gerard almost catches K...more

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The Fugitive in general: The Fugitive: Classic TV drama. (549 words)
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The Fugitive was an American TV series that originally aired in the United States between 1963 and 1967. It ran for four seasons and 120 episodes were made. The first three seasons were made in black and white and the final one in colour. The final episode was the highest rated TV series in the United States at the time with 30 million viewers (a 72% audience share.) The Fugitive held this record until 1980 when Dallas got 33.3 million for the "Who Done It?" episode in which it was revealed who shot J.R.Ewing. I first discovered The Fugitive just after I got married in 1993. It was repeated on BBC2 during Sunday lunchtimes. It hasn't been aired ... Read the complete review

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