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The Fugitive
Wrongfully convicted of murdering his wife and sentenced to death, Richard Kimble escapes from the law in an attempt to find the real killer and clear his name.
1993 · Directed by Andrew Davis · 131 min · Action · Thriller · Drama · Screenplay in the scene database · 18 frames
Tagline
A murdered wife. A one-armed man. An obsessed detective. The chase begins.
Plot
In Chicago, vascular surgeon Dr. Richard Kimble is arrested for the murder of his wife, Helen. Despite his claims that he caught a man with a prosthetic arm in the act, Helen's misinterpreted 911 call and substantial life insurance policy serve as evidence against Kimble. He is convicted of her murder and sentenced to death.
En route to prison, Kimble's fellow prisoners stage an escape. In the chaos, the driver is shot dead and their bus crashes into the path of an oncoming train. Kimble risks his life to pull a wounded officer to safety before fleeing. In response, relentless and uncompromising Deputy US Marshal Samuel Gerard and his staff launch a manhunt.
Meanwhile, Kimble sneaks into a hospital to treat his injuries and disguises his appearance. The wounded officer is brought to the hospital and recognizes Kimble, who escapes in an ambulance. The marshals block Kimble's path, so he slips into a storm drain, pursued by Gerard. Kimble asserts his innocence, but Gerard responds that he does not care. Cornered at the end of a steep dam spillway, Kimble makes the dangerous jump into the waters below to escape.
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Crew
- Screenplay: Jeb Stuart, David Twohy
- Cinematography: Michael Chapman
- Edited by: Dennis Virkler, Richard Nord, Dov Hoenig, Dean Goodhill
- Music: James Newton Howard
- Production design: J. Dennis Washington
- Produced by: Arnold Kopelson
Cast
- Harrison Ford as Richard Kimble
- Tommy Lee Jones as Samuel Gerard
- Joe Pantoliano as Cosmo Renfro
- Jeroen Krabbé as Charles Nichols
- Daniel Roebuck as Biggs
- L. Scott Caldwell as Poole
- Tom Wood as Newman
- Ron Dean as Detective Kelly
- Joseph F. Kosala as Detective Rosetti
- Andreas Katsulas as Frederick Sykes
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: Warner Bros. Pictures
- Budget: $44,000,000
- Box office: $368,875,760
- Themes: chicago, illinois, escape, chase, doomed man, surgeon, death sentence, u.s. marshal, flashback, remake, betrayal
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