Kimble and a young woman are kidnapped by deadly robbers, so he pretends to be a crook to try and save her and himself.Kimble and a young woman are kidnapped by deadly robbers, so he pretends to be a crook to try and save her and himself.Kimble and a young woman are kidnapped by deadly robbers, so he pretends to be a crook to try and save her and himself.
Barry Morse
- Lt. Philip Gerard
- (credit only)
Melinda Casey
- Teenager
- (as Melinda Plowman)
Lane Bradford
- State Trooper
- (uncredited)
Norman Burton
- Car Salesman
- (uncredited)
William Challee
- Les, the Sheriff
- (uncredited)
William Conrad
- Narrator
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
William Fawcett
- Mr. Burgess
- (uncredited)
Ken Tilles
- Sam
- (uncredited)
Dick Wesson
- Introductory Narrator
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
Jason Wingreen
- Tim Cates
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
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Did you know
- TriviaIn his 2017 autobiography, Lou Antonio writes, "David Janssen couldn't have been more fun or professional. And Brenda Vaccaro helped make it a hoot and a good shoot."
- GoofsAlthough the radio news reports that the hidden hi-jacked car belongs to Joanne and has been checked for fingerprints, no mention is made of the criminals' own car which was abandoned at the garage .
- Quotes
Narrator: [Act I Opening Narration. Viewers see Richard Kimble changing an auto's oil at a gas station at which he works] Sierra Point, New Mexico. Resident population, 562. Transient population, 1. Richard Kimble, who currently bears the name Al Fleming. It is now more than a year since the escape.
- SoundtracksTheme from The Fugitive
Music by Pete Rugolo
Featured review
Tense!
Phew! What a ride! Yet another cracking episode. This time trading on the fifties theme of psychotic teen punks taking hostages. In the quiet little New Mexico backwater of Sierra Point, Kimble has a job as a grease monkey at a garage. Things seem so settled that he can even calmly exchange a greeting with the sheriff. But, as ever you know something is going to go wrong, and it does, in the shape of juvenile delinquents Myles and Vinnie whose attempted holdup at the garage goes disastrously awry. Kimble is taken hostage along with a young woman, Joanne, who is running away from her wedding. Sensing major differences in the criminals' personalities, Kimble plays divide and rule. He praises the slightly more stable Vinnie whilst criticising unpredictable Myles who waves his gun about, continually mouthing "Pow! Pow!". Kimble's ace is to pretend that he is a professional criminal who had been setting up the garage owner and he is annoyed that the two kids have queered his pitch. However, all is apparently not lost. Learning that the crims are heading for Los Angeles he tells them that was his next stop for a big payroll heist. Naturally the punks are hooked and want in. Having swapped cars, Kimble's fingerprints are the only ones identified and his conviction as a wife killer is reported on radio and in the newspapers. This news alarms and confuses Joanne since Kimble had previously assured her he was on her side, and she has serious doubts when he repeats his promise of help. The thugs become impatient with the extended cruising around L.A. and demand he sets up the heist. What Kimble does is engineer a masterpiece of cunning and ingenuity which results in splitting up the pair and inevitably leading to their downfall. This episode would have made a good movie. The two miscreants played by Lou Antonio and Chris Robinson are genuinely scary. Particularly Robinson's character Myles who is just itching to kill someone and who has unpleasant intentions towards Joanne (Brenda Vaccaro). Killing her being just one of them. Emotionally, Kimble is torn between saving Joanne or himself. Since this is still Series 1, we know how things will turn out. But it's a breathless ride before we get there!
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- TondaCoolwal
- Jan 16, 2021
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- Filming locations
- 128 Old Topanga Canyon Rd, Topanga, Californi 90290, USA(as 'Ray's Garage, in 2021 there is 'The Inn of the seventh Ray')
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- Runtime51 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1
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