A fugitive, if he is innocent, is sustained by hope. It is more necessary to him than food or shelter. But, paradoxically, the greater the promise of that hope, the more agonizing it becomes.
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For Richard Kimble, a moment of safety ends, and the long search must continue. For he knows, the only true sanctuary lies in the elusive proof of his innocence.
For Richard Kimble, a squawking radio phone has become a warm voice, a sympathetic human contact, a release--if only for a while--from the terrible ache of loneliness.
Barbara’s sentence will come finally to an end. But for Richard Kimble, there is no calendar on which to mark the days. Loneliness once again stretches ahead, is apparently endless as the city streets.
For some people, a railroad terminal is a weight station on a journey. For Richard Kimble, the Fugitive, every escape route can be a trap, every move an unforeseen step toward capture.
A fugitive is a man in exile. A woman’s love can remain with him only long enough to remind him of his loss. For Richard Kimble, it is the price of freedom.
How long can a man search before the search destroys him? To Richard Kimble, working for a trucking firm in Tucson, Arizona, defeat has never seemed so mockingly near. Months have passed and the trail stays cold. There is no trace of the elusive hope he seeks. But sometimes, hope lies no further than the next truck.
You told me you didn't leave El Paso all year!
I got confused.
You're lying.
No, just forgot, that's all.
You forget about Stafford, too?
Never been there!
But you've been through Indiana but you never left El Paso and you never heard of Gus Evans.
(knowing his cover story about Gus Evans has been discredited) You got me all mixed up.
Tell the truth, Johnson. That way you won't get mixed up.
Alright, hold it, Kimble! [to cab driver] I'm sorry, your fare already left!
Gerard, for the first time I feel I'm really close to something.
It had to happen someday. You knew that. I'm sorry. You just ran out of time.
A free man, Fred Johnson, boarded a train that will take him east, to Indiana, to Stafford. Hours later, two men boarded another train which will bring them to the same destination. For one of these, the moment arrival will be one of grim and long-sought triumph. For the other, his homecoming will mark only one more stop on his way to a destiny decreed in a court of law four years before. Richard Kimble is on his way home, and to an overdue appointment with death.
A man may travel many roads and one day find his way home again, but for Richard Kimble, this road is not of his choosing and this has come too soon. Two men, traveling together, joined by links of steel and the memory of a senseless murder committed years before. Two hunters, one of whom has finally caught his elusive quarry.
(after shooting Fred Johnson dead off the amusement park tower) All right, you can relax, Chandler. I just did your killing for you. (watching Kimble climb down) You've had a good day, haven't you? I guess we both have. After all, for four years now, we've -- both of us -- kept an innocent man in hell. Well, how are we going to end all that? You could keep that man alive. (after Chandler doesn't answer) But you won't, will you?
LCLloyd Chandler
Lieutenant: Lieutenant, I saw that man, Johnson, murder Helen Kimble.
Are you willing to testify to that effect?
LCLloyd Chandler
Yes. I will.
Tuesday, August 29. The day the running stopped.
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