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(PLEASE CLICK THE "HQ" BUTTON AT THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER OF THE YOUTUBE VIEWING SCREEN) [PART 1 of 5] ++++BY POPULAR DEMAND -BEFORE I PUT THE TWO PART SERIES FINALE ON MY CHANNEL- HERE IS THE ORIGIN EPISODE OF "The Fugitive!"++++ Episode #14 of 120 in original ABC TV NETWORK aired order(though this was third episode filmed...2nd ep. of season 1 shot after the pilot...it was shelved for 3 months and saved for Christmas Eve) titled "The Girl from Little Egypt" #14. Season: 1 Episode: 14 First Aired: 12/23/1963 Prod Code: 4602
STORY:
In San Francisco, Kimble is nearly run over by a car driven by Ruth Norton, a young flight attendant distraught over discovering that the man she has been dating for the past four months is married with two children. While recuperating in the hospital, a delirious Kimble flashes back to the months leading upto the night of Helen Kimble's murder and Kimble first seeing the one-armed man fleeing from his house. Followed by Kimble's trial, sentence, and escape from the train wreck. Ruth, who has been keeping a vigil at Kimble's bedside, hears him mutter Helen's name. Thinking that he's in some kind of trouble, Ruth takes Kimble (now going by the alias George Browning) to her apartment to recover. Kimble then gives Ruth advice on her relationship with her boyfriend, Paul, and to put her life problems in perspective.
CAST AND CREW:
Writer: Stanford Whitmore.
Director: Vincent McEveety.
GUEST STARS:
Rudy Dolan as Officer
William Newell as Judge
Jerry Paris as Jim Prestwick
Bernard Kates as Lester Rand
June Dayton as Doris Clements
Pamela Tiffin as Ruth Norton
Diane Brewster as Helen Kimble
Ed Nelson as Paul Clements
John Rodney Ratliff (uncredited)
NOTES:
This was the third episode that was ever shot, second after the pilot "Fear in a Desert City" although it was held back and aired 3 months after completion for a special Christmas Eve airdate. »
This is the only episode with no prologe narration.»
This is the only episode in the series where Kimble is not threatened in any way. He is never forced to flee town, nor he is ever discovered by the police, nor is his real idenity ever revealed. Although Paul becomes suspicious of Kimble when they first meet in Act III, and there is a slight moment of tension at a party in Act IV were Kimble discovers that Prestwick is a cop. However, in neither instance Kimble is threatened because, as Paul states to him in Act III; he holds all the advantages. Kimble knows more about Paul and Prestwick then they do about him. At the end, unlike all other episode, Kimble is not "chased" out of town by the police or a third party, but he actually leaves of his own volition.»
Location: San Francisco, California
Kimble's Alias: George Browning/George Norton
QUOTES:
Opening Narration:
None.
Closing Narration:
"The outbound bus for from San Francisco -- destination: known. George Browning -- destination: unknown. His only companion: hope. Hope for the day when he can once again become Richard Kimble."
++++BIG THANKS TO CBS/PARAMOUNT FOR FINALLY RELEASING "THE FUGITIVE" ONTO DVD! PICK UP YOUR DVDS TODAY AT A STORE NEAR YOU OR ONLINE! ++++ ****CLICK THE BLUE YOUTUBE LINK BELOW TO WATCH MORE OF THIS PIVITOL EPISODE: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTMu6hYS13M **** |
