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Facts Home The Fugitive premiered on September 17, 1963, narrated by William Conrad. Millions of viewers were introduced to Dr. Kimble ( David Janssen) from Stafford, Indiana. A innocent victim of blind justice. The Story For months the Kimbles had argued about Helen Kimble's unwillingness to adopt a child after learning she could not bear her own. One night Dr. Kimble was returning home when he witnessed the One armed man, Fred Johnson running from the vicinity of his house. Kimble having almost ran over the one armed man with his vehicle, ran into his home to find Helen Kimble murdered. No one witnessed the murder. The thorough investigation of Lieutenant Phillip Gerard (Barry Morse) turned up nothing on the one armed man. Based on circumstantial evidence, the a jury found Dr. Kimble guilty of murder and sentenced to die in the electric chair. Kimble and Gerard boarded a train headed for the death house.
After four years of running on August 29, 1967, Kimble confronted the one armed man in the series final episode. Finally proving his innocence, the show was over, and David Janssen was able to get some rest from all that running. Highest Rated Show of All Time The final episode of the Fugitive is
one of the highest rated shows of all time. Seventy-two percent
of U.S. audiences watched the final episode of the Fugitive. It goes
down in TV history as one of the big ones, like who shot J.R., Lucy
having a baby, and the last episode of M*A*S*H*. Purchase Fugitive, The - The Final Judgment - see the end of the Fugitive's run for yourself |
