SWC75
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(It's been a while but I've decided to get back to this series.)
THE FUGITIVE 1/11/66 “Wife Killer”
This is a key episode in the saga of “The Fugitive”. A reporter, (Janis Rule) takes a picture of some suspects being held for a heinous crime and one of them is the one armed man Kimble remembers seeing. Kimble shows up- and so does Gerard. The one-armed man, (we find out his name is Fred Johnson) bolts and Kimble, aided by the reporter, goes after him. There’s an accident and Kimble and the reporter rescue Johnson and hold up in an out-of-season camp with some first aid facilities. Kimble has to use all his medical skills to try to save Johnson so he can get him to confess.
At one point he asks him if he killed his wife and Johnson nods his head. Kimble almost collapses in emotion. He’s reached his goal but beholds the killer of his wife and the cause of all his problems. But Johnson could wake up and deny it: he needs something in writing. When both Kimble and Johnson are asleep, the reporter fakes a Johnson’s signature on a confession as the police close in so she can get a story. For a time Kimble thinks he’ll be a free man but holds back from turning himself in after the police have Johnson. Then he calls Gerard and finds out that he’s still a fugitive.
IMDB: "The Fugitive" Wife Killer (TV Episode 1966) - IMDb
You-Tube: Barry Morse’s intro plus the opening scenes, (all I could find for free on the net):
THE FUGITIVE 1/11/66 “Wife Killer”
This is a key episode in the saga of “The Fugitive”. A reporter, (Janis Rule) takes a picture of some suspects being held for a heinous crime and one of them is the one armed man Kimble remembers seeing. Kimble shows up- and so does Gerard. The one-armed man, (we find out his name is Fred Johnson) bolts and Kimble, aided by the reporter, goes after him. There’s an accident and Kimble and the reporter rescue Johnson and hold up in an out-of-season camp with some first aid facilities. Kimble has to use all his medical skills to try to save Johnson so he can get him to confess.
At one point he asks him if he killed his wife and Johnson nods his head. Kimble almost collapses in emotion. He’s reached his goal but beholds the killer of his wife and the cause of all his problems. But Johnson could wake up and deny it: he needs something in writing. When both Kimble and Johnson are asleep, the reporter fakes a Johnson’s signature on a confession as the police close in so she can get a story. For a time Kimble thinks he’ll be a free man but holds back from turning himself in after the police have Johnson. Then he calls Gerard and finds out that he’s still a fugitive.
IMDB: "The Fugitive" Wife Killer (TV Episode 1966) - IMDb
You-Tube: Barry Morse’s intro plus the opening scenes, (all I could find for free on the net):
