Can I talk to him?
Yeah, you can bid him farewell.
I, uh-
I think Tully believes this is fair.
They're going to lynch me.
That's murder.
Well, in our world, yes, but this isn't our world.
What happened, Gerard?
I went out to my car.
I found the girl,
and I saw a man.
But you can't prove it.
There's nothing I can prove.
NARRATOR:
A QM Production.
Starring David Janssen as Dr. Richard Kimble.
An innocent victim of blind justice,
falsely convicted for the murder of his wife,
reprieved by fate when a train wreck freed him
en route to the death house.
Freed him to hide in lonely desperation,
to change his identity, to toil at many jobs.
Freed him to search for a one-armed man
he saw leave the scene of the crime.
Freed him to run before the relentless pursuit
of the police lieutenant obsessed with his capture.
The costars in tonight's story:
R.G. Armstrong.
Bruce Dern.
Sharon Farrell.
Also starring Barry Morse as Lieutenant Philip Gerard.
ANNOUNCER:
A man on the run,
convicted on circumstantial evidence
of a murder he did not commit.
Calling himself Paul Hunter.
Driving relief for Inter-South Freight.
This is his first trip.
It is to be his last.
He's only a few miles away from a grim encounter
with truth and irony.
Excuse me. Sure.
My name is Gerard. Huh?
Lieutenant Philip Gerard.
What's up?
I have information a man I'm looking for
was recently employed here.
I have his picture.
No, I had all my own local gang here.
I know all my men.
Wait a minute. I believe that's, uh,
what's his name? Hunter.
But the hair would be darker.
Sure it is. Hunter.
Interstate sent him down to me to drive relief.
I put him on a run to Waterton yesterday afternoon.
Waterton? Where's that?
Well, it's a might good piece to drive.
You really wouldn't have to.
'Cause he's coming back.
Coming back? When?
Well, hm, hang on.
I had a load to pick up
and they probably put it on last night
so that means they ought to be due in here at, uh, 2:00.
What route would they use?
Oh. Right here.
They'll come by, uh, State Highway.
Where would they be say an hour from now?
Well, you ought to be able to catch 'em right here,
just outside of Moss Junction.
All right. Thank you.
How do I reach the sheriff?
Oh, sure.
Irma?
Uh, dial Sheriff Claypool.
Get him on the line.
I'll be doggone. Heh.
Hello, sheriff, this is Lieutenant Gerard speaking.
You Gerard? I'm Claypool.
Thank you for coming, sheriff.
There ain't no Inter-South rig come by here since sunup.
What's wrong?
Inter-South hired a man about four days ago
who fits the description of Richard Kimble, the man I want.
They sent him on a run to Waterton and back.
The truck should pass here within the next half hour.
We'll stop him.
Yeah, but let's get this barricade out of sight.
I don't want to give him any warning.
What's wrong with you?
I- I don't care what kind of trouble you in with the sheriff,
man, you can't outrun him in this rig.
You gonna stack us up!
There's- There's only me.
I don't want no trouble.
You had a helper. Where is he?
Well, h-he done get off on me there back yonder.
H-He was a man possessed.
He was a man possessed! Let's go.
No- There.
That side road. You passed it.
That's moonshine country, all that side of the highway.
I don't care about that.
We do. We leave them people be.
What, bootleggers? Lawbreakers?
If we go in back yonder, they set fire to the woods.
Time we put out the fire, replant the trees,
it's cheaper and it's safer to lose the tax on whiskey.
All right. Whiskey's not my problem.
All I want is Kimble. Now, please turn back.
Lieutenant. Them people hate a stranger.
They hate a lawman.
They hate a man in a store-bought suit.
You're all three.
You ain't even sure it was Kimble went in back there.
No sense gettin' your head blowed off just to find out.
Just be still, boy, and turn back around.
That's right.
Turn all the way around.
Lieutenant, come on home with me. Meet my missus-
Sheriff, I don't know how to make you understand this,
but I'm not gonna let Kimble escape this way.
Escape? Look, lieutenant, you can forget about him.
Tryin' to escape in that country
is the same thing as committing suicide.
Now, I wouldn't be going in there after nobody.
Sounds like Cody.
Look at what ol' Cody drug in.
Looks almost like a human, don't it, Tully?
What do you reckon that it is?
What you aimin' to do with it, Cody?
Kill him, Cody.
Now, somebody get me a gun.
Cody, look at your arm.
You're bleedin', Cody.
Look at how it's spurtin' out.
Cody, you go best wrap up that arm.
He cut an artery.
He could bleed to death.
Well, am I gonna bleed to death?
Shut up, Cody.
What do you know about it?
Enough.
Can you fix it up?
Yeah, I could.
Well, then, get on with it.
Lookie there. He stopped it from spurtin'.
Get me some soap and water.
You can fetch it yourself.
Roy!
I'll need a needle and some white thread
and a white cloth
and some alcohol.
Whiskey will do.
Elvie, he doctored Cody up real good
and I take to that kindly.
You go easy, you hear?
Mm.
Easy as pie, Pa. Ha-ha.
Now, I'd like my money back.
You got a right smart of hardness in you, don't you, doc?
Fix you some eats, if you like.
Thank you.
Back yonder.
Hey, girl.
Just don't get excited.
Why don't you sit down? I'll fix you something to eat.
Here.
Go on, take it.
Tell the others I'm broke.
Fix me something to eat I can take with me.
Okay.
Hey, Tull, Georgie says there's an automobile
comin' up the trace. Yeah. Get back out there.
Where do you think you're going?
Gotta keep moving, Tully.
Now, hold on there. I don't know who you are yet.
I don't allow strangers to come and go around here
as they please. Pa, he's okay.
He gave me his money.
I'm in trouble, Tully.
Keep me here, it'll be bad for you.
Somebody chasin' after you?
That's right.
You stay right there. You'll be safe.
You can watch how we get shed of somebody
we don't really want around here.
Look at him.
Look at that automobile.
Elvie, now take it easy.
Hey, mister.
You lookin' for somebody?
I don't suppose you have a constable here?
Uh, police?
It's my pa tells folks what to do.
Uh-huh. Come on.
Hey, Pa, I want you to shake hands with a friend of mine.
My name is Gerard. I'm looking for a man
who might've come through here about an hour ago.
We don't keep strangers here, mister.
Well, uh, look, uh,
I have nothing against any of you but-
Hey, lookie, Tully, he brung us a toy.
All right, the man I'm after is a convicted murderer.
I told you, mister, there ain't nobody here you want.
I gotta tell you again?
I want my car brought back.
What car?
Oh!
Come on!
Elvie.
Shh!
What you got there?
Shh!
Three hundred and forty dollars!
Hey! Let me have that, Cody!
Give me my money back!
Come on, now. Ow! Aah!
Ow!
Elvie,
I won you fair that time, huh?
Elvie?
Elvie.
Come on, Elvie, now, don't be playin' like that.
Ol' Tully will kill me.
Elvie.
Elvie! Now don't play like that 'cause Tully's gonna kill me!
Wait a minute. The girl's hurt.
I can see that much.
Elvie?
That's one way to get your car back.
What are you talking about?
I found her like this.
Now, you reckon she done this to herself?
What happened here?
Elvie.
Who done this?
I never touched the girl.
I found her like this.
There was a man here.
I saw him running away.
What man?
A man in-
A man in overalls and a...
...baseball cap.
Hey, Tull, maybe that doc could fix Elvie up.
Elvie.
Doc!
Doc run out on us, Tully. Run out!
Get Roy and some of the boys and fetch him back here.
Hey, Tull! Doc's here!
What's it about?
I know why you're runnin' away, doc, but-
What you don't know is Elvie's hurt real bad.
She's beat up.
Kimble,
will you tell them who I am?
Why don't you tell him what you done to her?
Where is she?
In her bed.
Kimble.
I didn't do it.
Call an ambulance, Tully,
she's got a concussion.
Ain't got no way to call.
Well, then send somebody.
Gerard's car. Take her in that.
I don't see what for.
You done fixed her up same as you done ol' Cody.
This is different.
I have no way of telling how bad it really is.
Sorry, Tully, he kicked me.
Ah, that loony up ahead?
Kyle, take your cousin and some of the neighbors
and go out and fetch him back here.
Elvie.
What happened?
Ah, he got away.
He won't get far.
Gerard?
Yeah.
Elvie.
I know you won't tell on me now.
I'm gonna give you his wallet back
and I'm leaving all the money in it.
Please don't tell on me now.
Will Elvie be all right, doc?
Well, she can come to in five minutes
or she may never come to without the proper help.
If Gerard- You get back in there
and see that she gets the proper help!
You're gonna need me on your side.
Don't you get me mad.
Doc.
I never meant to holler at you that way.
I need for you to be good to Elvie.
I ain't got nothing else decent
in this whole world.
I can't send her to no hospital 'cause, you see,
outside of here the police want us. Everyone.
They'd take her too.
I can't have that.
Well, then, call this off, Tully.
Gerard is the police. He's trouble for both of us.
Can't.
Now, if it wasn't for her...
I can't let nobody beat up on my girl and get away with it.
Well, then call a doctor, Tully. A real doctor. Let me go.
Doc, I know he says you done a killin'.
Ain't nothin' worse than a senseless killin'.
I believe that.
And I see'd you had a chance
and a point-blank reason to shoot Cody dead
and you throwed away the gun.
You just take care of Elvie, and...
...I'll take care of this here Gerard.
Now, wait a minute.
You all know that I been sweet on Elvie Gage for a long time.
So I get first licks at this man.
And I say he needs floggin'.
Mister, you ain't never seen a man flogged
until you see him get it with the wet end of a rope.
Hold on, Cody.
Elvie's my young'un.
Whatever is done to him, I'll do it.
I didn't touch your daughter.
I went after my car- Shut up!
Take him into the saloon.
Bring him on here.
Put him in this chair. Cody?
Take your rope and tie him up good and tight.
You better do better than Roy and Kyle did out yonder.
Now, listen. I'm an officer of the law.
I came here on official business.
Other officers know where I am.
If I can't stop you,
just remember I can't do anything to help you either
when they find out what you've done.
You talking a swap of some kind, are you, boy?
No, I came here to arrest him.
All I can do is to ask you to let me safely out of here
with my prisoner, and warn you that if you don't-
Hold on a minute. Now, you say "prisoner. "
You ain't got no prisoner.
That man was convicted in a court of law.
I been lawed up to court once or twice myself,
and I know how that is.
Fifty dollars or fifty days.
Our system of justice may not be perfect,
but it does give every man a fair chance to defend himself.
How about that, doc?
You get a fair chance in court?
Yes.
You mean he's speaking true?
You're a killer?
No. I couldn't prove my innocence.
But they let me try.
You've been to court, Tully.
At least you know they hear both sides.
Come on, Tully, he done got away one time already.
Tully.
You've got him tied down.
Send for the sheriff.
Accuse him in court.
Any man deserves that.
My wife was killed. She couldn't testify.
Elvie's still alive.
Well, wait until she can talk.
If she said he did it, then-
Ain't no tellin' what Elvie's gonna say, Tully.
She's liable to be out of her head for a week.
All right.
Don't hold with nothin' senseless.
We'll wait an hour, doc, then- You boys, y'all get.
Pa.
Pa! Elvie!
What's the matter with her, doc?
Anybody who'd do this to her has got justice a-comin'.
And he's about to get it.
Cody, I'm gonna need me a jury of peers.
Go out and see to it.
This here is now pronounced a court of law,
and I'm about to try a man for beatin' up Elvie!
You have no authority to try anybody.
You wait and see if I ain't.
Guilty or not guilty?
I did not harm that girl.
State your name. Now, y'all listen to this.
State your name.
I'm not gonna play this- Say your name!
Cody, I'm a-runnin' this.
My name is Lieutenant Philip Gerard.
I'm an officer of the law.
How do I know you're an officer of the law?
You ain't carrying no badge, no papers.
They're in my pocketbook.
What pocketbook?
It was in my coat. Dr. Kimble knows who I am.
He's guilty of being a police. Ain't that enough?
Kyle, you can witness first. Tell what you seen out yonder.
Elvie run off with his car.
He caught up to her and beat her up for it, is all.
Can you say that you saw me beat her up?
We seen you stoopin' over her.
That is circumstantial evidence!
It proves nothing!
Didn't you people ever hear of reasonable doubt?
Ain't no doubt about what shape my little Elvie's in.
I told you that I found her unconscious,
and I saw a man running away.
What man?
Why don't you try and find out?!
He could be running scot free
while you're wasting your time with this mockery!
Come on, Tully, let me testify.
I was out there and I saw what happened.
Soon as I'm finished with Kyle.
Elvie?
What's goin' on?
Do you know me?
Sure I do.
Here, drink this.
Elvie, you have what's called a concussion.
Well, I got a headache, I know that much.
Well, if you rest a while and it'll go away.
Elvie, I know somebody beat you up,
but they're out there now accusing the wrong man.
Now, he's no friend of mine, but I know he didn't do this.
And I think his life depends upon your going out there
and telling them what really happened.
Will you try?
Mm-hm.
All right, Kyle, that's all.
Cody, you tell what you seen.
Well, he was-
Look, why don't you just shoot me
and set the woods on fire?
I know very well what you feel,
what you think you're trying to do.
Men felt like that and behaved like that 5,000 years ago.
Well, thank heavens some of us have grown up a little,
learned just a little.
There is not one beast in the jungle that kills
just for the sake of killing.
But if you think that's what you have to do,
then stop trying to dignify it and let's get it over!
Now, if that ain't a confession, Tully, I don't know what is.
The principal witness has something to say.
Now, Elvie, Cody and Roy and Kyle,
they said it was this feller here beat up on you.
Now he claims it was somebody else.
Now, I want you to point your finger
at the one who really done it.
I don't care who it was.
Him.
That foreigner done it.
Kyle, I'm gonna leave you and Roy to guard him.
He gets away again, it's gonna be somebody's hide.
I got his gun, Tull.
He wiggles, I'll wang him with it.
Can I talk to him?
Yeah, you can bid him farewell.
I, uh-
I think Tully believes this is fair.
They're going to lynch me.
That's murder.
Well, in our world, yes, but this isn't our world.
What happened, Gerard?
I went out to my car.
I found the girl,
and I saw a man.
But you can't prove it.
Well, is there anything else? I-
I think I can still make Tully, uh,
listen.
There's nothing else.
There's...
...nothing I can prove.
And the girl says you're to blame.
Pretty convincing.
Elvie.
Uh, tell me,
how did he happen to beat you up?
Well, I just taking his puny old automobile to-
To fool around some and-
And he come and he drugged me out and he whacked me.
And that's all I can remember
with this headache and everything.
Elvie, I don't believe you.
Are you calling me a liar?
Elvie, that man has chased me.
Now, I know you think all policemen are your enemies,
but he is all policemen to me and he is my enemy.
Now, if he takes me away, they'll put me to death.
Now, can you think of any enemy that's worse?
Yeah, maybe not.
Elvie, I know he's not the kind of man that beats up on girls.
Well, he did on me.
Hey, now, wait a minute! That's mine!
Here, you picked my pocket and I caught you.
When did you pick his?
I never did.
I found that right here under my pillow and that's the truth.
Mm-hm.
Well, why wasn't it there when I first came in?
Oh, all right.
I found it in his coat when I taken his automobile.
Well, was that before he beat you up?
Well, of course!
Go fetch him.
Elvie...
You know, Gerard would give you this $300
if you go out there and tell the truth.
Three hundred and forty dollars.
No, there's $300, Elvie.
Or maybe it was $340.
Are you going to sell a man's life for that?
And Elvie, if it was $340,
then where's the rest of it?
Don't tell me that one of your own folks
would cheat you
after you lied for them.
Shut up.
Just shut up and get out of here!
Get!
Your daughter had his wallet.
Let's get on with it, Tully, that don't prove nothing.
Brings up an interesting question.
If Elvie stole the wallet, and he knocked her out,
why didn't he take it back?
Come on, let's get on with it, Tully.
Know what he says don't make no sense.
Reckon they right, doc.
Billfold don't prove nothing.
Pa?
Pa!
Now you stay inside. You ain't well enough to be out here.
I don't want to.
All right, let's get on with it.
You gonna give me what you owe me, Cody?
What?
It was mine first. What was yours first?
It never was yours at all.
Be quiet, Elvie.
Pa, he owes me $40.
She don't mean nothin' by that, Tully.
You stole that wallet off of me and when you brung it back,
you held out $40!
You ain't even feelin' good, now.
She's just lyin'. You know that.
Give me my money back!
Look, now, Tully, she's lied all her life,
you ain't gonna start believin' her now.
Get off me, you.
Come on, now. Let me go! He a liar.
See that, Pa? Tully, that don't mean nothin'.
You know I got them things when I fell in the bottles.
Not them cuts, Cody. I put 'em there!
I put 'em there, Pa!
Oh, my Pa's gonna get you, Cody!
Go fetch Cody back.
Now, I want you out of here.
Get.
Ma?
You go along with her.
You take her to the hospital.
Hospital, hear?
You let the sheriff get to her first.
I'll set the woods on fire.
You can't keep the law out of here forever.
If you're still protecting him when I-
You try comin' back to get him.
See what happens.
He'll keep trying, Tully.
As long as there's a chance, he'll keep trying.
Kimble.
You're going to go on running?
There's a man I have to find.
Still the same fairy-tale.
So nothing changes?
And nothing changes the truth.
The truth is still that you're guilty before the law.
What's the matter, Phil?
Nothing, captain, why?
Because I've already heard from three of your men
about getting chewed out this morning.
You haven't been here three hours yet.
That's hurting your average.
I'm sorry.
Phil, what happened?
I found Richard Kimble. I tried to take him into custody
and I narrowly missed.
It's all in my report.
I read your report.
The facts are there, but- But what, sir?
Facts are bread and butter to an officer of the law.
Aren't the facts enough?
Enough for me and the department.
I hope they satisfy you.
Oh, captain. Yes, lieutenant.
Uh,
would you endorse a requisition for me?
Uh, I'll be needing a new pistol.
Yes, lieutenant.
Thank you.
It is a never-ending pattern.
Buy a ticket, catch a bus.
East or north, south or west.
Destination: any town.
This time maybe he'll be there.
A man with one arm.
And for Richard Kimble the never-ending pattern
will be ended.
ANNOUNCER:
You said you believed he was innocent.
I take this to mean you do have an interest
Why do we keep coming back to that?
Because somehow you two have become a torment to this town.
will be oozing over our doorsills, Mr. Fry.
and if I thought that you alone or you and Janice together
before some innocent person gets hurt.
NARRATOR:
Starring David Janssen as Dr. Richard Kimble.
falsely convicted for the murder of his wife,
en route to the death house.
Freed him to run before the relentless pursuit
John Anderson,
ANNOUNCER:
A name is easily changed, dropped and forgotten.
Every identity Richard Kimble has borrowed
Fry? Eddie Fry.
Wait a minute, Eddie. Hey.
Got- Got me mixed up with somebody else.
My name is Hayes, Bill Hayes.
Do you want me to spell it for you?
back in Black River, South Dakota.
Everybody figured you was dead.
What trial?
Justin Briggs?
That's right.
Well, what happened?
Well, Briggs is about a half a century behind his time.
Maybe I didn't make myself clear when you first come here, Fry.
Take the book back to the library
where it come from.
Something wrong with the way I do business at the shop?
Mr. Briggs, I didn't think there was any harm in-
Now, Fry, you don't think
Well, all right, all right, now.
I, uh, raised these boys for 14 years. Alone.
how to give an honest day's work.
The other: mind their own affairs.
Miss Cummings?
Uh, you know where to get your supper.
Now, we're about ready to set.
Hey, stupid, what makes you think you can read, huh?
Honest work with the hands, boys.
That's what counts.
I'm sorry. I'll dish up for you
Thank you.
Hey, you.
Did you call anybody yet or anything?
Buddy, you better do something.
Is that why you don't call the local police
and let them handle it?
Hayes.
Bill Hayes.
You quit, your group insurance cancels out.
You want the papers?
No, you keep 'em.
Hey, um, I'm sorry, Eddie, I popped off back there.
That's all right.
Just do me a favor.
You remember that housekeeper? Uh, Janice Cummings?
Everybody figured someday she was going to marry him.
Funny thing: she was the only witness to the murder.
Eddie Fry, I been looking for you.
I been looking all over town.
Hey, where's your girlfriend, Fry?
Hey, you, uh, been around here for quite a while now.
Man like you oughta have a girlfriend.
I don't even know why you should ask.
Hey, Pa, now, what's wrong?
Why you'd rather be here with him than home?
Come between me and the woman is one thing,
Why don't you fire him, Pop, run him outta town.
Maybe I won't stop at that.
Oh, I- I'm sorry, Eddie.
To warn you that, well,
I know that. Why?
it's made me see how mean he is to Roy and, well, to everybody.
Since I've been working for him
And- And I told him that
Oh, no, he wouldn't do that.
Come on, you go home.
I found you.
No, Mr. Fry. No, Mr. Briggs.
No, wait a minute. Wait. Wait. Don't. Don't.
Oh. Oh, my God.
Take it easy.
Well, I didn't mean to shock everyone.
I tried to find you first, constable.
Eddie Fry.
I came as soon as I heard.
Where were you?
Well, that's not important now.
Where is Justin Briggs?
I went to the jail.
Where were you? Why didn't you come forward?
I found out about the trial yesterday.
I've been traveling ever since.
Well, Briggs is innocent.
Where is he? What do I do to clear him?
Oh, tell him!
Justin Briggs is dead.
We had him in jail.
He broke away.
We hunted him down...
We shot him.
And watched him die.
I don't know what chance he had for a new trial.
I know they put in the appeal,
but I could see the waiting
was eating at him every day a little worse.
Good morning, Bertram.
Would you mind looking this over?
It's Mr. Fry's statement of what occurred
on the night of the alleged murder.
Who's been informed of Fry's return?
Only you, officially, but it'll get around.
What did occur that night, Mr. Fry?
Mr. Bertram Ballinger, the lawyer here.
He defended Briggs at the trial.
We fought.
I got away. I ran into the woods.
I got lost.
Did you ever think of yourself as a coward,
Mr. Fry?
You wouldn't be looking for a scapegoat,
would you, Mr. Ballinger?
Why would I be doing that?
I don't know.
I don't know what kind of case the state presented
that you couldn't break by demanding a victim or a body.
The state didn't need a body.
Had an eyewitness.
One witness: Janice Cummings.
And a corroborator.
I was there.
She came over to my house yelling for help.
I ran back with her.
To the Briggs' barn,
that lean-to where you lived.
It was a mess.
Full of evidence.
There was some blood around.
We took samples, had them tested.
We showed it wasn't his blood.
It had to be yours.
We even found a weapon.
I saw him use that.
He stabbed him.
I saw it.
Miss Cummings, I think you better go outside and wait
a while until I get-
Briggs.
Briggs, where's your hired man?
Pair of sinners.
You killed him.
Briggs, she's accusing you of murder.
Knows he deserved it, that's why.
Where is he?
Forget him, he's gone.
Forget him, he's gone for good. Constable, look at his feet.
He was wearing those.
I impounded 'em.
We proved there's only one place that mud could have come from.
There's a quicksand bog in those woods
out near his house.
Yes, I know.
That bog's been known to swallow a full-grown deer.
He had time to carry a body over there and-
Does your signature on a piece of paper
erase all this from your conscience, Mr. Fry?
There doesn't seem to be much more I can do.
So you'll run away.
You ran away before. I wonder why.
I have a better question for you, Mr. Ballinger.
His appeal was pending, he knew I was alive.
Why did Briggs run away?
Uh, I don't think we ever thanked you, Fry,
for coming back.
I don't think you ever will.
Eddie. Eddie, I-I got to talk to you.
Could you please sit down for a minute?
All right.
Janice, I didn't- I didn't want to walk in on you this morning,
but I didn't know that you were working at the tavern.
Did you think I'd still be working for the Briggs'?
I came back to clear him.
I didn't know it was going to be like this.
Eddie, are you gonna see the boys?
I don't think so.
They know their father was innocent.
That's good enough.
Well...
Eddie, you got to see the boys,
'cause you could talk to Roy.
I think it would only make things worse for them.
It's for me.
I'm asking it for me.
I-I sat in there in that witness stand
and I swore to God
that I saw their father kill you.
Well, you believed it, didn't you?
Fry, there's no bus out of here till tomorrow morning.
Well, I won't need a bus.
The older boy, Vin, he's been drinking quite a lot.
Oh, now, don't exaggerate it, Bertram. He'll come around.
How's that going to affect Miss Cummings in the meantime?
Eddie, it all began with you.
Things might have quieted down, but, well, here you are again.
Do I have to face it alone?
Vin, no, don't.
I told you that woman lied, Roy.
Vin, they all swore.
Scales, Curry, and even Constable Gibson.
They know what they saw and what they heard.
Even you did that, Roy.
But here comes Eddie Fry back to town alive.
He was the only person that swore to what never happened.
All for nothing.
Our pa was killed for nothing?
Justice, Roy.
They showed us how to do justice.
Hey, Vin, wait.
Maybe Scales was wrong.
Maybe it wasn't Eddie he saw.
Eddie Fry is your problem, kid.
The one I want is that lousy, lying woman.
Vin?
Roy.
My pa was innocent.
He was innocent all the time.
Where is Vin?
Where did he go? I wanted to talk to both of you.
Why? Did you want to tell him you're sorry?
Well, I'll take him the message.
Roy, it was not my idea to come here,
but there is something that should be said before I go.
Yeah, I understand you're-
You're kind of a rolling stone, aren't you?
If you remember, I was going to leave that night.
Then something happened.
Janice Cummings saw it happen.
You ran out on me.
Eddie, don't you know what you did to me?
You know, I liked you.
I-I thought you were my friend.
And I-I believed you. And I believed Janice Cummings.
Against my own father.
And now he's dead and he can't even forgive me.
Roy, I-
I wish you could forgive Janice Cummings.
She thought she told the truth.
Well, you better tell that to Vin.
And you better tell her to get outta town,
because she swore my father's life away.
And Vin's gonna pay her back.
Janice.
All right, I bear no grudges.
Get back into your apron.
Least till I can get another waitress.
Hold on.
Never mind.
Just get out and don't come back.
Out the back door. Out. Out.
Wouldn't do to keep her anyway.
Just about to open the bar, Vin.
I saw that woman come in here.
I couldn't let her stay.
That- That Fry, he brought her in.
Vin, I took an oath on the witness stand,
and they made me say certain things,
because I take my oath serious,
but I couldn't lie
about what I heard.
Your pa did make a threat to Fry,
we know that,
but Vin, I don't want nothing to make it look like
I had any hard feelings.
I-I bear no grudges, Vin.
And- And you just remember, Vin,
I was not part of that posse that ran your pa down.
I was out there, yes,
but I had no gun.
I did not have a gun, Vin.
You defended Briggs.
You said you believed he was innocent.
You must have some influence on those boys.
I take this to mean you do have an interest
in the welfare of Janice Cummings?
Why do we keep coming back to that?
Because somehow you two have become a torment to this town.
By nightfall, shame and guilt
will be oozing over our doorsills, Mr. Fry.
The town is gonna feel compelled to purge itself.
I think it's going to want blood sacrifice,
and if I thought that you alone or you and Janice together
wanted this to happen or permitted it for any reason,
I'd give you to them right now as an atonement
before some innocent person gets hurt.
Mr. Ballinger, I don't want to see Janice shot.
On the other hand, I can't go to Gibson
and file a complaint against those boys.
I think they've been through enough.
What do you think?
I think that for the moment, Vin Briggs is legally insane.
These are the keys to my own car out front.
You find Janice Cummings and get her out of town.
Leave my car at the railroad depot at Hyattsville.
He could kill her and you too, for that matter,
in full view on Main Street,
and I could get him off scot-free
with the same jury that judged his father guilty.
Maybe you'd better try to get word to the constable.
Word about what?
He's grieving. He's been bereft.
He's got a right.
But having it all brought home so sudden, though,
and if there's a gun-
Oh. Eddie Fry said there's a gun.
I don't see one.
Listen, there's one thing you gotta give 'em credit for.
They always minded their own business.
They never bothered nobody.
I know.
My wife was on that jury too.
What a shame.
Yeah.
Who is it?
Eddie Fry.
Come in.
Are you packing?
I've been asked to leave.
Will you excuse us?
Thank you.
Hurry up and finish.
I've got Ballinger's car outside.
You got what?
We're leaving town.
Oh, no, I'm not.
Janice.
I'm going to the hotel on Main Street,
and I'm gonna take a room there, and I'm gonna stay.
I'm staying here in Black River.
I know what you're trying to prove,
but this isn't the time.
Eddie, if I leave now, you know what they're gonna say?
They're gonna say that I lied on purpose.
They'll say that anyhow, some of them.
Look, Janice, there's a kid out there on the street
with a gun.
Well, I've got nothing to be afraid or ashamed of.
Let's give him a chance.
Let's give Vin Briggs a chance to get his senses back.
Let's get out of town.
Look, I don't know where Vin is,
so will you just quit asking me about it?
What's the matter, boy? Are you and Vin determined
to have a murderer in the family?
You stop it.
Just stop it now.
Look, I don't care what any of 'em think of us.
Vin is looking for one thing: justice.
And that's all.
All right, son.
A terrible mistake took your father from you,
but if anything happens to your brother,
it won't be by error.
So you just be ready to shoulder the blame
that you're asking for.
Eddie Fry.
I can still see you.
Don't do this, Vin.
I smashed the distributor, Fry.
Now, you walk away and leave her there.
I want her.
Where are you?
Look, Vin, your father and I did fight.
He did try to kill me. Janice wasn't lying.
Now, if you protect her, Fry, I'm gonna get you too.
Come on.
E-Eddie. Oh.
Oh.
I need two men.
The usual pay.
Gonna hunt down the son, I guess.
Same as you did his daddy.
I've got two innocent people inside here, I just want-
"Innocent," he says.
I wish he could have seen them together in her room.
Justin Briggs was innocent too, John.
Curry, what about you?
All I want is to get these two out of town
before there's any more trouble.
John, if Vin Briggs gets in the way,
or if like a while ago when he fired those shots,
would we be expected to shoot?
I think there's something going on around here someplace.
Where are they?
Oh, they're in the courtroom.
Fry took her in there so she could lie down.
I think I should go now. Relieve some of the pressure.
Well, let me advise you. Now, wait until it's dark.
Those people out there think that Vin Briggs is right.
The rest of 'em have gone home
and turned up the sound on their radios.
Wait.
I decided to, uh, drive over to Hyattsville
and get the sheriff.
You're leaving town?
I can't get any help here. I-
Well, give the sheriff a call.
Better if I go.
Better for who?
Not for her and not for this town.
Shut up.
Bertram...
I let Justin out of his cell that night.
Let him eat supper in the office.
I knew in my heart that he'd never killed a man.
I knew when he made the break that I'd have to go after him.
I knew I'd bring him back dead.
If Vin was to walk in here now, I-
I don't think I could raise a finger to stop him.
I'll go get the sheriff.
Vin.
Vin, come on, let me hold the gun, huh?
You never used to know Pop, Roy.
You always used to argue with him so much.
Vin, he whipped us.
You know he-
He whipped us a lot when he was drunk,
like you are now.
I'm not drunk anymore, Roy.
Pa wasn't drunk either.
But he was that night.
And he- He asked that woman to take ma's place,
and she turned him down,
and she ran straight to that Eddie Fry.
Eddie Fry.
I'm going back up on the roof so I can keep watch.
Vin.
Vin, now, wait a minute.
You're gonna do this
and they're either gonna kill you
or they're gonna take you away.
I'm gonna be left all alone.
Vin, look.
Why don't you let 'em go?
Let 'em go. You scared 'em plenty, Vin.
Vin. You know-
You know it's only Mr. Ballinger down there with 'em now.
Let me- Let me go out there
and tell him that my brother says
that Fry and Janice Cummings
have got to get out of Black River
and never come back.
He's our friend, Vin. He- He'll do it.
He'll make 'em go.
Won't that be enough for Pa, Vin?
Please, Vin.
Please, I'm scared.
I never thought about you being alone, Roy.
Okay, you go and-
Go and tell him to come here and I'll wait for him.
I'll give myself up.
I asked him to join the lodge
when he first came to town seven years ago.
But no, he'd rather keep to himself.
He has ever since.
I submit that the prosecution is merely producing the excuse
this town has always wanted
for ridding itself of a man it simply doesn't like.
He interfered in my family affairs.
I thrashed him for it. That's all I did.
That's all she saw.
Why won't somebody look for Eddie Fry?
Why? Why did he run?
Didn't he know that they'd kill him if he tried?
I'm sure he knew they'd try.
He had to try either way.
He ran because running was the only hope they gave him.
Mr. Ballinger.
Mr. Ballinger, my brother wants to see you
down at the cabinet shop.
Vin Briggs is down at the cabinet shop.
That's where Roy just come from.
Ballinger's going down to see Vin at the cabinet shop.
All right, all clear.
I told 'em and they followed Ballinger.
Now, Vin, I'm glad you come to me, boy,
'cause like I told you, Vin,
I bear no grudges.
I'm with you, son, and lots of us are, believe me.
Now, I know you won't do anything wrong, Vin-
That's why I'm glad to help out.
I mean, Vin, nobody wants to see the innocent suffer.
Right, Vin?
Eddie, please take me with you.
I'm afraid to see him.
I can't do that, Janice.
I'm leaving tonight. You take the bus in the morning.
Eddie, you can't do that.
Vin will think I-I turned him in just to let you go free.
Roy, if it's any comfort to you, I'm taking this wound with me.
That's one less piece of evidence against him.
Eddie- Eddie, you're running out on me again.
Why? Eddie? Why?
Okay, back up.
Vin- Vin, you did this on purpose.
You made me out a liar.
Don't you worry about nothing, Roy.
Nobody's gonna care.
I care, Vin. Vin, I-I care.
Oh, boy, isn't this something, huh?
Now, you remember how it was
when they had pa in here, huh, Roy?
Your father did attack me.
He did try to kill me.
Is that right, Janice?
Answer me!
Okay, okay. Now, you-
You get up there on that stand, you hear me?
You get up there and let me hear you say
like you said before about what a-
About what a rotten killer my father was.
No.
You better get up there, Janice.
He accused Mr. Fry and me of-
Of something awful and he said:
"I ought to kill that man. "
He picked up the chair and he hit him with it.
His head.
Mr. Fry fell. He was bleeding.
His head was bleeding.
I can't.
You better tell me, Janice.
You better tell me the truth.
I remember what I saw and what I said,
and I swear to you, if I saw it again right now,
I'd still say that he was killing him.
Vin- Vin, can't you see she's telling the truth?
He never showed me any kindness or asked for anything but work,
but he did offer me a home of my own,
and I wanted that.
I never loved him,
but I never hated him,
and if he was killed because I lied,
well, I'd just as soon die.
Vin, can't you see? Sh-she wouldn't lie about that.
Oh, yes, she would.
They both would.
Eddie? Eddie, I can't let you have a gun.
He's my brother.
He's the one Pa loved, not me.
I owe Pa something.
I-I gotta keep Vin alive.
Even if he kills somebody?
You better stop that.
Nobody's gonna get killed.
Roy, Roy, we got to pay him back.
She- She ran off and left us, and she ran to him.
Now, they're- They're both wrong and he knows it.
That's why you ran away, isn't it?
Roy, my name isn't Eddie Fry.
I was convicted of a murder I didn't commit
just like your father.
That evening, when Janice went for the police,
I had to run away.
I ran for the same reasons your father ran.
Now, if they take me,
I'll die for something I didn't do.
Vin.
Vin, did you hear that?
I betcha you're telling a lie.
I don't care. That- That doesn't change it, Roy.
Oh, Vin. Vin, it does change it. It does. Don't you, see?
He came back. He tried to help us.
You can't blame him now.
But- But then where's Pop, Roy?
Where is he?
He must be alive somewhere.
Hey, I'll bet he's hiding.
Come on, Pop. Come on. Come on back.
Nobody killed ya.
Vin, Pop's dead.
He's dead, but it- It's not any one person's fault.
It was the- It was the two of 'em.
Vin-
Don't! Don't hurt them! Don't Vin!
No, Vin!
Should break.
Now.
Go get a doctor, Roy. Hurry up. Go on.
What happened?
I don't think he's too badly hurt.
I, uh...
Well, he came in here,
been drinking too much.
He was out of his head.
I shot him.
What will this mean for the town, Ballinger?
Wait.
Could you-? You come home and see me tomorrow?
But I need somebody to talk to.
Miss Cummings,
um... you dropped your bags in the street before.
I put 'em back in your room where they'd be safe.
Send them to the hotel.
Ballinger, why would both Roy and Fry
confess to shooting Vin?
Now, I just don't believe Roy done it.
Now, I-I say we better find out before Fry gets away again.
Fry. You're too late.
Fry left here a half an hour ago.
Go home, you pack of hyenas.
Go home.
I don't think Gibson will be back,
but I called the sheriff.
He'll be here.
How soon?
It's the law you're afraid of, isn't it, Fry?
And not much of anything else.
I wonder why.
Uh, Vin will tell you when he comes to.
Anything that I can do to help?
You can just help the kids.
If I'm not back here in 10 minutes, go out the window.
He will use many other names
and move through many other places,
searching for Richard Kimble,
dreading each backward look
as long as he must remain a fugitive.
ANNOUNCER:
Help yourselves.
may still be in there so, uh-
Easy, Randy, that might have been the girl.
Now, listen to me, all of you.
Now, we don't know who's in there if anybody is,
Now, you just hold on to that.
Yeah, sure, come on, I'll show you.
NARRATOR:
Starring David Janssen as Dr. Richard Kimble.
An innocent victim of blind justice,
falsely convicted for the murder of his wife,
en route to the death house.
he saw leave the scene of the crime.
Freed him to run before the relentless pursuit
of the police lieutenant obsessed with his capture.
And special guest star June Harding.
you will try to determine where the danger is.
Afternoon.
Hi.
What'll it be?
Uh...
I guess a bowl of that chili.
No, just black.
See you later, Benny.
You, uh,
You from around here someplace?
Mel get here yet?
You want some more crackers?
Boys.
Thanks for the chili.
Good afternoon.
a few questions if you don't mind.
About who you are, where you're from,
Would you care to sit down?
No, thank you.
Come on in, Whitey.
Now, uh, first of all, may we have your name?
Uh, Bill Martin.
Portland, Oregon not too long ago.
About three weeks, I guess.
There's a calendar on the wall over there.
Sunday, the 5th.
Going bowling later on, aren't you?
COP Car two. Come in, car two.
Car two. Go ahead.
are in Mangus' place again.
You want me to put car one on it? Over.
Sometime last night.
There's a night freight comes through here
All right.
You're doing fine, Mr. Martin.
Glad to hear it.
How about where he got that windbreaker?
Yes, the, uh- The man we're after
Oakmont.
Fred? Al?
Why?
A piece of plastic clothesline.
our unusual concern with strangers.
Mr. Martin's not the man we're after.
You're stone cold sober.
That you drink too much, Randy,
that's what he's saying.
The sheriff's headed this way in a hurry.
Why? Just because the sheriff's coming?
This is a good time to get him off our backs then.
Here he is.
Oh, sure I have, sheriff. You know that.
Now, I warned you people
"Vigilante"?
Sheriff, he's out of sight. He got away.
ask the highway patrol to see
both ends of town, all right?
Now, maybe you people scared him enough
he'll try and get out of town before dark.
George, did he handle anything here?
Did he touch any coffee cups, plates, anything?
Yeah, he handled this bowl-
Now, don't touch that!
George, give me a tray, will you?
Sure.
Whose coat is this?
That's mine, sheriff.
Here.
You gonna use scientific methods, sheriff?
Now, look. This fellow may have convinced you
he's not the man we're all looking for,
but he ran.
I'd like to know from what.
From what besides this group of law-abiding citizens.
Joanne?
Joanne, you come out of there this minute,
do you hear me?
Men, Mrs. Mercer says that she spotted a stranger
going into one of the abandoned factory buildings and, well,
her daughter is missing too.
She thinks she may be in there with him.
The kid plays in there a lot.
I need about a dozen men I can deputize.
Hey, sheriff,
you didn't want our help before
so you can do without it now.
Is that clear, sheriff?
Now, what the devil's happened to you people?
Ever since that factory closed down you've been behaving like
a bunch of stupid children!
You claim you can't afford your own police force,
you dump all your problems in my lap,
and then you try to make my job impossible.
All right, all right.
I'll try and do the job alone, the best I can.
Let me tell you people,
you men are turning this town into a jungle.
Hello, Sheriff Mack here.
Yes, Johnny.
Yes.
Oh, they did?
Yes. Yes, it does.
Yes, it makes a great deal of difference.
Johnny, get down here as soon as you can.
Now, the lab has identified your stranger's fingerprints.
His name is Kimble. He's a fugitive.
He's been tried, found guilty and sentenced to die
for strangling his wife.
Hold still.
Don't move, the whole ceiling will collapse.
Now, hold on with your hands
and lower yourself down on this box.
No.
Come on, it's the only way to get down.
Now, do as I tell you. Come on.
Hold on with your hands.
That's it.
Are you all right?
What's the matter?
Nothing.
Um...
You scared me.
I thought you might hurt yourself.
I come here all the time.
I never hurt myself.
Well, there's a first time for everything.
What are you doing here?
Well, I was about to ask you the same thing.
You were?
Well, I asked you first.
Oh.
Exploring.
I've done that.
It's very interesting.
I'm hiding.
Really?
From my mother.
I haven't had to do that in quite a while,
but she bugs me sometimes, you know?
Here.
Here, uh, don't- Don't do that.
I've got something in my eye.
I'll get it.
Boxes of shells on the front seat.
Help yourselves.
Now, men, Mrs. Mercer thinks that her girl
may still be in there so, uh...
Here, it's all right now.
Thank you.
I'm Joanne.
Joanne.
This is a pretty dangerous place for you.
Your mother's probably worried about you.
She talks so mean to me sometimes.
There he is!
Randy!
You fool, give me that thing. What are you doing?
Easy, Randy, it might have been the girl.
Now, listen to me, all of you.
Before I deputized you, I told you no shooting.
Now, we don't know who's in there if anybody is.
Now, the next man who pulls a trigger without my permission
is going to get arrested.
Now, you. Just hold on to that.
Joanne... is there a basement?
Yeah, sure, come on, I'll show you.
This is exciting.
Come on.
The basements, they all connect.
You all right?
Yeah.
Okay.
You promise never to tell?
Yeah, I promise.
Oh, hello, Mr. Duffield.
My, it's cold today, isn't it?
Sure is.
Here, I'll take those heavy things for you.
Where's Mrs. Mercer?
Oh, she's a little late today.
But it's all right,
we've already started without her.
When I pay out good money for art lessons
I expect the teacher to be on time.
Time she gets here, half the class will be over.
Here now.
I'll set these heavy things up for you.
I don't know why I do this.
Honestly, I think it's a waste of time.
However-
Here, I'll let you finish it, Mr. Duffield.
Nobody in the world knows how to get from the pipe to here.
That's my secret tunnel.
My brother helped me dig it out, but he's a soldier now.
Where are we?
My house.
You live here?
Not here, silly.
Upstairs.
I don't know why I do this.
Why, Mr. Duffield, I think...
My mama's an art lady.
She teaches people to draw and paint stuff.
They're not very good.
We have to be quiet, Joanne.
I don't want them to find us either.
Okay.
You wait here and I'll be back in a while.
I have to go upstairs and get cleaned up for supper
or my mama will flip again.
Don't do anything I wouldn't do.
Joanne.
Hi, Mama.
Oh, my baby.
I've been so worried about you.
Where have you been?
In the cellar.
How many times have I told you not to go down there?
Good afternoon, Mrs. Mercer.
Don't you worry about being late, now.
I've taken care of everything.
Thank you so much.
Hello there, young lady.
Joanne, you go get cleaned up.
I was just going to.
I'll be right in.
We have to work a little bit
on those draperies, Mr. Duffield.
It's the fruit that's important.
Yes, but it's-
It's the draperies that set it off.
Mister?
Hey, mister?
Right here, Joanne.
No!
Shh!
Joanne, Joanne, Joanne.
Please.
Now, please, don't-
Now, don't- Don't fight me, please.
Now, we have to be quiet
or they'll know we're down here.
Now, I'm sorry I scared you.
But I had to be careful.
Now, I'll let go of your mouth
if you'll promise me you'll be quiet, all right?
Mm-hm.
All right.
Look. Look.
My sandwich.
I'm sorry.
I made it myself.
It's all right.
Look what you made me do!
Now, please.
Now, please, be quiet.
Now, if they know we're down here,
they'll know there's another entrance
and they'll find your secret tunnel.
Now, you don't want them to do that, do you?
Uh-uh. No.
So now you've gotta promise to be quiet, all right?
You promise? Mm-hm.
All right.
I hate you.
I hope they get you.
Joanne, don't say that. You're-
You're my only friend.
Okay, then why were you hiding?
Well, I told you. I wasn't sure it was you.
Well, look what you did.
Well, I was scared.
That's why I hid. I was scared.
Now, you can understand that.
Yeah.
Why were they chasing you?
Well, they say I did something bad.
They're wrong, but that's what they say,
so that's why they're chasing me.
They say that about me all the time.
They do?
I bet I've done a lot worse things than you have.
Do you lie to people?
Well, sometimes I have to.
Funny.
They always get after me about telling lies
and then when I tell the truth, they look at me just as funny
as if there was something wrong.
Well, there is supposed to be something wrong with me.
I guess you know that.
I have what they call a very low IQ.
Well, there's nothing wrong with that.
How old are you, Joanne?
I'm 19. Nineteen.
I have a big body and a little mind.
Well, you see, when you have a-
A very low IQ, like I do,
you never have to grow up or get married
or any of that silly stuff.
Well, I guess you're right about that.
Sometimes growing up isn't much fun.
Or get babies or anything like that.
I hate them.
They just cry all the time
and you have to- You have to carry them and-
And feed them and stay up all night
and I just hate them.
I'm glad I don't have to get any.
I'm really and truly glad.
I know what you mean, Joanne.
You hate babies too?
No, I don't hate them, I like them.
And some day maybe I'll have... a daughter
and she'll be a lot like you.
She'll be nice and...
share secrets with me and...
bring me pickles.
Hey. What?
You don't have to eat it.
Look, I gotta go now, but I'll be back.
Now, you stay here and I'll be back.
I promise.
Oh, Joanne, why are you eating at this time?
You'll spoil your appetite.
No, I won't. I'm hungry.
I'll go. I'll see who it is.
Hi.
Hello, Joanne.
I didn't know you were home, dear.
Sure I am.
How long you been here?
A long, long time.
Sheriff, Mr. Starling, I-
Oh, dear, I should have called you, shouldn't I?
To let you know you didn't have to worry about Joanne any more.
I'm terribly sorry,
but the art class was waiting and I-
Uh, Mrs. Mercer, when did she come home?
She didn't go out.
She was in the cellar and I-
I didn't think to look there.
Did you find your man?
Come in, come on in and I'll- I'll make some coffee.
Why, thank you very much.
And Mrs. Mercer,
we didn't find the man.
Joanne... the sheriff has something to show you.
What?
Oh, oh, Joanne, we picked this up
in one of those abandoned factory buildings.
You left it there, didn't you, dear?
Oh, no.
Well, I mean, maybe I did,
but not today.
A long, long, time ago.
Joanne, you had it with you when we talked today.
No, Mama.
Joanne.
No.
No, I lost it a long, long time ago.
You want them to think that I'm a liar.
I want you to tell the truth
because these men are trying to-
No, you don't. You don't even believe me when I do.
I don't even know where they found this doll.
Well, maybe I threw it away.
I don't even want it any more.
Joanne, dear, we're sorry.
We made a mistake.
Of course you want your doll.
Here, now, you- You take it.
There's going to be no more trouble.
You go up to your room and have a nice rest before dinner.
I don't need a nice rest.
Oh, you don't have to sleep.
Just- Just read if you like.
I'll call you when dinner's ready.
Okay?
Okay.
I'm sure she had the doll this afternoon.
But does it really make that much difference?
I mean, she's home safe now
and that's what really counts.
The man is wanted for murder in the state of Indiana.
They're gonna send a, uh,
police officer up here to help us find him.
If you thought she was in the cellar all the time...
Well, that's what she told me.
Why don't we have a look?
Do you mind?
Of course not.
I'll get the key.
There's a-
A light at the bottom of the stairs.
I'll make that coffee I promised.
Thank you.
Now, wait right here.
I guess she was down here all right.
She's here now,
watching from the top of the stairs.
Let me talk to her. I've got an idea.
You take it easy on her, understand?
Joanne.
Come here.
Joanne, I have something to show you.
I don't want the sheriff to see it,
it might get you into trouble, come on.
Come on.
Okay. What is it?
Over here.
You have to if you want to see.
Honestly, I think you're a very nice girl.
I'm trying to help you.
Honestly.
Over here.
Now, who do you suppose could have written that?
Joanne, was anyone down here with you?
I wasn't a liar.
Joanne, there was someone here.
No.
No, how could there be?
If you wanted to hide me here,
and you were my friend,
you could probably think of some way
to sneak me in while your mother
was having her art classes, huh?
I couldn't either.
Joanne, now, I'm terribly sorry.
You tried so hard to help him.
I promised him I'd come back.
I'm not a liar.
But he thinks you are.
He wouldn't even wait.
Oh, I hate him.
He even made me lose the sandwich.
And called you silly.
Leave the child alone.
I hope they catch him!
Where, Joanne? Where did he go?
"Silly liar,"
that's a terrible thing to call-
The buildings! The buildings!
He went to the buildings!
Joanne! Joanne, stop it!
Johnny,
the girl thinks that Kimble
may still be in the building. Where's George?
He's right over there. George!
Never, never take up with strangers, Joanne.
Now, I've told you that again and again.
He was nice, Mama.
He was real, real nice.
Honey, he hurts other people.
He's killed girls like you.
No, he doesn't.
He helps them.
I almost fell and he helped me.
And when I cried,
he put his arms around me just like you do.
Joanne-
Well, he did.
And he said I was pretty.
He liked me.
Joanne, you don't know how lucky you are.
Now, tell me, dear.
Did you tell Mr. Starling everything?
I hate him.
I didn't tell him anything.
He made me tell.
Joanne, he was frightened for you.
He knew the danger.
I know what.
He got scared again.
That's why my friend ran away.
He heard those men come in and he got scared.
That's what.
It wasn't me that played the trick, it was you, Mama.
You let those men come into the basement.
He thought it was me but it was you.
He got scared, that's what!
Joanne, I'm going upstairs to get one of your pills
and you're going to take it and go to bed.
Now, you sit down right there
and stay there.
I wasn't a liar.
Not to my friend.
I can prove it.
Mr. Starling made me tell.
I'm sorry.
They made me tell.
No, I don't want them to get him.
I don't want them to.
Mr. Starling, will you have your man
turn the light on, please?
All right, John. Turn it on.
Johnny, bring four or five men back here.
I want to talk to them.
George, I need somebody to go around to the back
of the building and watch it.
Now, you and you-
Will you watch where you point that thing.
Quick, just go around to the back of the building
and watch the windows, all right?
Right. Let's go, men, come on.
Joanne!
Hey, mister.
You all right?
Stop.
Think we got him, Jack.
Well, I guess it's all over now.
He was the bad one, not you.
That's right.
Did you write me a goodbye note?
No, I didn't.
Then they played a trick.
They made me tell on you. I'm sorry.
Now, Joanne, don't be sorry.
You just remember that you saved my life, all right?
I will.
Is there another way out of here?
Yeah, come on. I'll show you.
Right through there.
Goodbye, Joanne.
Joanne?
I'm coming, Mama.
Looks like we almost killed ourselves the wrong man.
Yeah, we almost did.
Johnny, drive Mrs. Mercer and her daughter home,
would you, please? Yes, sir.
Sheriff, uh...
He did save Joanne's life.
Mrs. Mercer, he's a fugitive from the law
and it's my duty to bring him to justice.
That's every citizen's duty.
I'm going to need you.
I'd like you back here early in the morning.
And bring your firearms.
In the morning? That's seven, eight hours from now.
He'll be miles- Do what the sheriff says, Randy.
He knows what he's doing.
Goodnight, sheriff.
Goodnight, Mr. Starling.
Now, bright and early.
And thank you.
The night is over,
the town that held a gun to Kimble's head
is many miles behind,
already becoming part of the dizzying procession
of towns through which a fugitive must pass,
searching for the man who can mean his salvation.
ANNOUNCER:
Richard?
Richard, please don't go. Please!
No!
Frank, see anything?
Think he's back here?
One thing's sure,
We ought to have him boxed in real good.
I wouldn't wait to find out.
A QM Production.
An innocent victim of blind justice,
falsely convicted for the murder of his wife,
Freed him to hide in lonely desperation,
Freed him to search for a one-armed man
NARRATOR:
This is where it began.
Here, ten years ago at the County Hospital
where people have reason to remember him.
Perhaps some more than others.
Hello?
Dad, you've got that thing blasting.
Terry, this is Richard.
Who is this?
It's Richard.
I can't believe it.
Where are you?
Well, you know.
I read in the papers about Ed's trouble.
And your mother?
All right, I guess.
Nothing's changed I'm afraid.
The, uh...
Who is that?
there's something that might help.
Terry, who is that?
I mean, we...
Terry, I'll call you back.
If he phones back, I want you to hang right up on him.
Dad, I can't.
Phil's meeting her train at noon.
Well, what if she did?
That's too bad about her.
You know that.
What do you know?
I don't know.
No, because if there's any chance at all,
he killed your sister...
If he calls back you hang up.
Richard.
Hello, Terry.
I don't want him in the house.
Dad.
Ed, just for a little while.
I have no place else to go.
You've managed.
Dad, if it were just some mangy stray cat
scratching at the door you'd let him in.
Please, Dad.
I'll get it.
Mr. Waverley?
That's right.
Mr. Waverley, there's been a report
that Richard Kimble was spotted.
You mean, here in Fairgreen?
Yes, sir, we think so.
Now, Chief Atherton thought that he might
try to come here.
To this house?
I, uh, I imagine this would be
the last place he'd come, officer.
Well, I suppose you're right,
but I'd still advise you
to keep the house locked up tight.
Don't worry.
Don't you, Miss.
We've got every man on the force out looking for him.
That's, um-
That's good to know.
If you see or if you hear anything out of the ordinary,
please let us know.
We will, officer, and thank you.
Thank you.
It was a policeman.
But he-he's gone.
I want you out of the house before my wife gets home.
Dad, that's only an hour.
He can't go back out there
while they're still looking for him.
But your mother-
He can stay upstairs.
Mother hasn't been up there since...
Please, Dad.
Until it's dark, then.
But that's all.
Thanks, Ed.
You too, Terry.
Well, the account was in her name.
She opened it before we were married.
Are you sure this is all?
Well, except for her clothes,
a few books, phonograph records,
that kind of thing.
Look, that might be mother.
Y-you better get upstairs.
Phil's coming in.
Who's Phil? Phil Corbin.
Terry and Phil are getting married.
Maybe.
He's an assistant in the district attorney's office.
Take the guest room.
Is everything all right, Mama?
How was your trip, dear?
I'd like to be alone for a while, please.
I was afraid of that.
What happened?
Didn't you hear about Kimble?
The police were here already.
We heard about it in the car.
It was like somebody had slapped her
across the face.
Well, look, the streets are swarming with patrol cars,
but be careful, huh?
You can't tell what he's liable to do.
Phil, please don't start that again.
Okay, honey, okay.
Maybe- Maybe you're right.
Maybe he didn't do it.
But don't forget something.
He's been on the run for a long time.
That can change a man.
I don't believe that.
No?
Well, honey, you-you just take some-some little puppy-
Some harmless little puppy.
And you beat him and you kick him
like he was some kind of mad dog
and I'll tell you something.
Pretty soon that's exactly what you'll have.
Well, he wouldn't come here.
Why not? He to Fairgreen.
Well, I'll see you tomorrow, anyhow.
Mrs. Waverley invited me to dinner.
You see, at least there's one woman in this family
who shows some interest in me.
See what I mean?
I'll see you tomorrow.
Thanks, Phil.
Honey, he could be right.
About Richard, I mean.
Dad, you talked to him.
Did he seem like a mad dog to you?
Well, anyhow, he's leaving tonight.
Dad, he came here where he knew
anybody could recognize him.
And he came here to help us.
You heard what Phil said about the police cars.
He's got to stay here until it's safe for him to go.
All right, but if your mother finds out,
I'd like you to be the one to face her.
Haven't I always been?
I'll look in the garage to see if I can find
some of Helen's things.
Dad, you want to help me?
Ever since we lost the baby he's been acting differently.
And he keeps insisting on this adoption business.
He knows how I feel.
Oh, Mama, I miss you so much.
Now, I'm sorry.
This is supposed to be a happy birthday message.
Happy, birthday, Mama,
and please come to see me.
HELEN Happy birthday, Mama.
In case you don't remember my voice,
this is your daughter, Helen.
I couldn't find any cards I liked
and I thought this would be better anyhow.
How are you and Dad getting along?
Oh, and tell Terry if she gets invited to the prom,
I'll pay for the new formal.
Who's out there?
Is that you, Ed?
It's just me, Mama.
I wanted to see if you were all right.
Just close the door, thank you.
Happy birthday, Mama.
In case you don't remember my voice...
She, uh, hasn't changed a thing in that room
since the day Helen left.
That's over nine years ago.
At first it seemed quaint,
sort of like a sentimental gesture
but after Helen was...
After Helen died,
it was like a shrine or something.
What about you, Terry?
Me?
What are you talking about?
Come on, you remember what it was like.
I never counted.
I was- I just happened to live here, that's all.
Oh, be honest.
You never even knew I was around.
Well, I would now.
You're very attractive.
Well, thanks for that.
No, I mean it.
You wouldn't like a traveling companion, would you?
Well, I don't think you'd like the accommodations.
You really want to get out?
Oh, yes.
Why don't you?
Guilt, I suppose.
Well, after all, she is my mother,
and somebody's got to take care of her.
Well, Dad-Dad can hardly take care of himself.
After Helen and, uh, mother's illness, it-
It was like he gave up.
Your mother's illness?
She has something wrong with her heart.
As for the doctors, they're not sure about the rest.
That's where the money went.
It went to doctors, specialists, psychiatrists...
Not one of them lasted more than two weeks.
Well, there you have it.
God bless our happy home.
I'm sorry.
Richard.
I'm glad you're here.
It's Ed.
I'll, uh, I'll see you later, Richard.
I'd like you to go.
I think you know why.
Ed, uh, look, come on.
I just don't understand you.
Or maybe I do.
You used to be welcome in this house.
You ate at our table,
you slept in this very room.
You do remember that, don't you?
I remember that, Ed.
Then how can you come back here
and do what you're doing to her?
What am I doing to her?
Don't you know? She's had a crush on you
ever since she was 14?
Ever since Helen first brought you here.
You had to know that.
Isn't that part of growing up, Ed?
If she'd gotten over it.
After your escape and everything...
Well, I guess that made you more glamorous than ever.
What about her fianc�?
Phil?
They've been engaged for over a year
and she still won't set the date.
And you think that-?
I think she could love him
if she'd give herself a chance.
If you'd give her the chance.
Well, I'm going to be leaving tonight
as soon as it gets dark, okay?
Okay.
I wasn't sure the chief would go along with it.
It's still just a hunch.
Well, we've got a car covering the alley in the back.
Jim and I will sit tight right here.
Good.
Nobody will get near that house without our knowing about it.
Thanks, sergeant.
Yeah.
There should be over $5000 in that account
and no clue as to what bank.
You're sweet to worry about us,
but we'll get along.
You said before that I...
I'd seen everything except her clothes
and books and records.
That's right. What books?
Right here.
You think there might be something in one of them?
There might be.
Helen used to keep things in books
the way some people kept a diary.
Important dates, things like that.
Here's her birthday list.
Your birthday...
...everybody's.
You think she might have written something in one of them?
She just might have.
What's this?
I think this is it.
The name of the bank,
the dates and the deposits.
Here.
That's great.
Look, uh, Dad and I can drive to Indianapolis
in the morning and settle it all.
Half of it's yours.
No, you keep it all, Terry.
No, that's not right.
Look, maybe when your father gets back on his feet-
Tomorrow morning.
I won't be here tomorrow morning, I'm leaving tonight.
What are you talking about?
You have to be here.
Terry...
...when it gets dark I'm leaving.
Your father was right.
I shouldn't have come in the first place.
What did he say?
It doesn't matter,
I made up my mind to leave before we talked.
It has to be tonight.
We'll see about that.
What did you say to him?
Please keep your voice down.
Is she still in there?
What do you think?
He found it
and he's giving it to us.
What?
The money. The account.
It's all here.
He's giving it to us?
You mean, all of it? That's right.
I'll take it down to the bank right away.
What about Richard? What about him?
Tell him to stay.
I can't.
If your mother finds out, it'd kill her.
Dad.
Dad, just for once, think of somebody else.
Terry, don't talk that way.
All right.
Run away.
Run away like you always run away from something
that might be hard to face.
Terry.
He might have saved the business for you
and risked his life.
You're going to let him go out there tonight
and be hunted down.
No wonder you want to get out.
If you're not here you won't have to think about it.
See to your mother.
She hasn't eaten all day.
Mama...
...you've read those letters over a thousand times.
They're Helen's.
I know.
And you'd better know this too.
I don't want you or anyone else coming in this room
without knocking first.
Can I get you anything?
Have you talked to Philip since this morning?
No, mother.
I only wish Helen had been able to
marry a man like Phil instead of...
Instead of a maniac, is that what you mean?
What is it?
Never mind.
Anyhow, men like Phil are rare.
You should be grateful.
Stop it.
I'm only saying- You're saying
he's too good for me. No.
For Helen he would have been fine but I should be grateful.
Darling, you don't understand.
Helen was very close to me.
Well, what am I?
Something you found in the streets?
What are you talking about?
Me.
I'm talking about me, Mama.
I'm your daughter too, you know.
Of course, you are.
You've always been.
We've always tried to do as much as much for you
as we did for Helen.
We sent you to college.
You were the one who quit.
Oh, yes, that's right, I did.
And that time you were in the hospital,
your father and I scraped together the money
so that you could have the best.
Oh, thank you very much, Mother, for the money.
You don't understand.
Oh, oh, I understand, all right.
You've locked yourself in this room.
This mausoleum and you-
And you read her letters and you go through her things
over and over again.
She was your sister.
But she's dead, Mama.
She's dead. No.
And I'm alive.
Is that what you hate?
Is that why you never look at me?
Is that why you sit in this room and stare at dead things?
Because that's all they are, Mama, they're dead.
Oh, no.
And they're dead too! No!
Richard.
You can stay if you like.
At least until the pressure's off.
Well, that's all right, Ed.
I'd like you to.
Terry's, uh,
been in her room crying for the last hour.
I know.
I think you ought to go to her.
She doesn't want to see me.
She needs you, Ed. She needs somebody.
Goodbye.
Richard, please don't go. Please.
Richard.
No!
Frank, you see anything?
Not a thing.
You think he's back here?
Well, this is where he was heading.
Get back out front.
Ed, get on the radio and rustle us up some help.
One thing's sure,
nobody crossed the alley after the shot.
We ought to have him boxed in real good.
You think he's armed?
I wouldn't wait to find out.
So?
It's still quiet.
All right, let's get these men moving.
Check the garages, the roofs, the sheds, everything.
And then check them again.
Send one of these cars around to the other street just in case.
Mike, you and Briggs take the car
and cover Farrell Street.
The rest of you men over here.
Let's get this search rolling.
The rest of you move. Move.
Haven't you done enough to this family?
What are you going to do?
I don't know exactly.
I've thought about this moment
for three years now.
I'd plan ways how an old lady like me
could take you by the throat
and choke the life out of you.
The way you did to my daughter.
And then I'd think,
"wouldn't it be simpler
just to turn him over to the police?"
Let them strap you into that chair.
Because that's not a good way to die either, is it?
Is that what you're going to do?
Is there any reason why I shouldn't?
There are reasons.
But not for you, I guess.
Then if you'll just stand out of my way,
I'm going out there.
You going to kill me too?
You're going to have to, you know.
But that won't be difficult.
With my heart it would be the easiest-
Terry,
go out and tell them he's in here.
No.
Then I'll have to do it myself.
Mama, please.
Terry, I'm sorry.
I'm sorry for a lot of things.
But I have to do this.
Mama.
Mama,
I-I've never asked you for anything before.
I mean, anything important.
Then why this?
Because there's been too much pain
and it has to stop somewhere.
Terry, listen to me.
I was wrong.
I know I was wrong.
But it has nothing to do with this.
Oh, yes, it does.
I'm asking you for something
for the first time.
I'm asking you
for his life.
Take him upstairs.
Thank you, Mama.
Thank you for me too.
I don't want your thanks.
Besides, you'll be caught.
Not today, sometime.
So far you've had luck.
That's bound to run out somewhere too.
Come on.
You and Terry.
Honey, I'm awfully glad.
Why did you come back?
I had to.
There must be 20 cops out there.
They're searching every house on the block.
Don't worry.
We'll get out of this.
What do you mean "we"?
I'm going too.
Where are you going?
Don't worry, you-you won't have to
drag me along or anything.
But I-I'll be in Chi-Chicago
or maybe New York and all you have to do
is-is to write to me here and they'll forward it.
Terry.
I'm going to wait for him.
Not here, I can't stand it any more.
Richard,
I know you don't love me or anything
but maybe you could someday.
I mean, it isn't impossible, is it?
You can't mean all this.
Don't try to stop me.
Terry, I want you to listen to me.
One thing you said is true.
I don't love you.
I don't think I ever could love you.
Maybe if none of this had ever happened,
maybe if I'd never met Helen.
But I'm not Helen.
I could make you happy.
Don't flatter yourself.
Get out.
I said get out.
Thank you.
Yeah.
Yes.
We're looking for Richard Kimble.
We haven't seen him.
I saw him leave this house a half an hour ago.
There's a good chance he's already gotten away but, uh,
we'd like your permission to search the house anyway.
There's no point in that.
What was he doing here?
He broke in and made us
hide him, that's all.
Well, maybe he broke in again.
You'd be wasting your time.
Well, it really doesn't matter.
If you refuse, we can be back here
in 15 minutes with a warrant.
All right, go ahead.
Thank you.
Frank, you take the downstairs.
I'm telling you, it'll be a waste of time.
That's all right. I've got plenty of time.
What's this?
They're looking for Richard.
Excuse me.
And what's this in here?
Just a guest room.
Looks like you had a guest.
This is where he was hiding.
I see.
Guest bath.
You see, sergeant, like I-
That's all that's up here?
Just the linen closet.
That window.
Where does it lead?
Out back.
It hasn't been opened in years.
Are you sure?
Well, look, it's painted shut.
No attic?
No.
Is something wrong, Miss?
I'm afraid Kimble's being here
upset her quite a bit.
You'd better go downstairs, dear.
I-
All right.
I guess he got away before we moved the troops in.
Mrs. Waverley, I heard they were searching the house-
Phil!
Hey, honey, honey, what's the matter?
There's no sign of him.
Do you think he got away?
It looks like it.
Oh, that means the chief will have to call that Lieutenant...
...Gerard or something.
I understand he's been waiting by the phone.
Yeah, there, uh-
There may be some questions later.
Thank you very much for all your help.
Of course.
You, uh, mind
if I take your daughter outside for a while?
This whole thing seems to have gotten to her.
If you come back in about an hour,
I'll have dinner ready for you.
Don't bother.
Nonsense.
I want to do it.
We'll be back in an hour.
I'd...
...like to thank you again.
Get him out of here as soon as you can.
I have a dinner to get ready.
We're far enough out.
You shouldn't have any trouble getting through to South Bend.
Well, look, Ed...
Forget it.
It's all in the family.
A man tries to arm himself
against the lonely night.
For he knows that at this time and place
there can be no homecoming
for a fugitive.