A QM Production.
Starring David Janssen as Dr. Richard Kimble.
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.
Edward Asner.
John Milford.
If you are a fugitive, you travel a lot,
And always you ask yourself, who is he?
Thought you were gonna drop me in town?
Sure will, if you still wanna wait around.
Order me a cup of coffee, will you?
Yes, sir?
Noreen, coffee, please.
Your coffee, sir.
Who is this calling?
It's official business.
Number 108 is vacant.
Don't I know you from someplace?
Sure I do.
Isn't that right, Willie?
That's right, Bo.
I've never been here before.
Uh, picture? I haven't done anything.
That'll be easy enough to find out.
down at the office. Who's who.
Look, I told you you got me mixed up with someone else.
You take it out.
A driver's license.
You're Leonard Hull?
Hooey!
Well, I didn't think that-
You didn't think what, Mr. Hull?
but they sent us a pretty good rundown on you.
Yeah, they wired us last night you might be heading this way.
Nobody figured you'd show up so soon.
You follow us back.
Okay, Bo.
Where are you taking me?
We run a tight little department in Clay City.
Reach the sheriff yet? Yeah, he's coming back.
He says to keep him in his office.
And nobody's to know anything, especially the papers.
Have a seat, Mr. Hull.
Can't be too careful.
Well, you're not gonna end up
like that other witness, Mr. Hull.
Not in our town, anyway.
Uh...
Can I read that paper while we wait?
Yeah.
I've just been reading all about you.
Pretty clever getting outta that hotel room.
How did you spot him?
Ha. That old Bo's a regular hound dog.
The way he smelled him out.
Of course, he didn't know exactly who he was
till Mr. Hull showed him that license.
Mr. Hull, you didn't think that
we'd be expecting you to show up here
looking for your wife?
I guess I didn't.
You knew we had men watching her around the clock,
guarding for any move Blackburn might make.
How did you plan to see her without getting caught?
I don't know.
Well, it's not a wasted trip anyway.
The motel is just down the road.
When the sheriff gets back, notifies Washington,
then we'll take you right on down to see her.
This report on the car you rented
just came in from Washington.
They say someone else was checking on it
as early as last night.
Blackburn?
Washington is positive that he now knows
that you're the secret witness, Mr. Hull.
And I don't have to tell you this is his state.
He's got men everywhere.
Thanks for the warning.
It's not as simple as that, and you know it.
You're in my protective custody now.
What happened to McAdams
is not going to happen to you, not if I can help it.
Sheriff, what if I don't want your protective custody?
Now, I haven't done anything wrong.
You can't hold me against my will.
I don't know what kind of a deal you made
in return for your testimony,
but I do know that you
and the rest of Buddy Blackburn's executives
face that indictment along with him.
I could hold you just for leaving Washington.
Better get me Washington now.
When are you gonna show some sense and trust us, Hull?
Don't you realize we're trying to save your life?
Hey, sheriff, I don't think I should see her.
You know, I-
Why not?
Ah, well, uh...
I don't wanna get her involved in all this.
She's already in it.
You've got four, maybe five hours
before they get here from Washington to take you back.
She's just a few minutes down the road.
Uh, but you said that Blackburn must know by now.
Now, wouldn't it be safer-? Safer?
You come all this way,
then you tell me you don't wanna see her?
I don't get you, Hull.
Well, I told you. I'm afraid of what he might do.
And I told you, you're both in my protective custody.
Let me worry about Blackburn.
Get in.
Anything?
No, nothing, sir.
Stay back, then.
Yes, sir.
Ma'am?
We're coming in.
Who is it?
Sheriff Mayhew, Mrs. Hull.
Got somebody here to see you.
Leonard?
Come see for yourself.
I- I'll be right out.
Are you just going to stand there gawking?
I thought you might be kinda pleased
to see your husband again.
Why, because he informed...
To save his own neck,
without caring about what happened to me?
All right. I'll leave you two alone.
If you want anything, just signal the man out front.
Yeah.
It's me, Bo.
I'll be back when they come for you
in a couple of hours.
Try anything and I'll shoot.
If that doesn't stop you,
then this will when it goes off.
Either way, you're a dead man.
Look, I'd like to ex-explain-
Not another step!
I mean it.
You can put that down
if you'll just let me tell you what happened...
No, I'll tell you.
I knew Buddy would send someone.
You think Blackburn sent me?
I thought I would be safe until I read about McAdams.
Then I knew it was no use.
Uh, Mrs. Hull, I didn't know anything about this
until I made the mistake of borrowing
your husband's identification.
Then you've already gotten to Leonard?
Well, not in the way you think.
I met him on the road by accident.
I was hitchhiking, his car was broken down.
He gave me a ride after I fixed the fan belt.
Leonard never had a car.
They flew him to Washington.
Well, then he rented one.
The sheriff said that Blackburn found out about it
even before the police did.
He was headed here to see me?
We stopped at a restaurant outside of town.
He made a phone call. I guess it was to contact you.
I... I just don't get it.
I don't know why anybody in his right mind
would want Leonard's identification?
I had to prove I was... somebody.
Anybody. Otherwise the police
would have taken me in for questioning.
The wallet was in your husband's jacket.
We're about the same height, same coloring.
I had no idea he was gonna be somebody special.
And they bought that?
You... You don't even look like him.
They, ah-
They haven't put a picture of him out yet, have they?
And they can't.
Why? Why did you go along with all this?
Well, the police would have found out who I really was.
And who's that?
They want me for something that happened a while back,
something I didn't do.
Do you really expect me to believe that?
It's the truth.
I guess the rest is up to you.
I could call them and tell them that you're not Leonard.
If you really thought I was somebody sent by Blackburn,
why didn't you tell them when I walked in?
Because whoever you are,
I wanna make a deal with you.
Hold it.
Turn around.
Hands up.
Feet down.
Okay, now. Who are you?
We haven't got much time.
Two men will be arriving soon to pick up Leonard Hull.
One look at me...
Then take my offer.
Well, look, Mrs. Hull, I told you, I-
All right. All right, but you're-
You're passing up $50,000 in cash.
Undeclared income.
Money that Buddy slipped Leonard
for keeping a neat set of books,
and I've got the key to the safety deposit box.
Look, Mrs. Hull, I was not sent here-
All you'd have to do is to tell Buddy that it's done.
That I'm dead and buried somewhere
where nobody will ever find me.
Now, Mrs. Hull-
I swear to you once we're out of here I'll disappear.
Like I was never born.
Aren't you safe here?
Safe?
You marched in here, didn't you?
That was a fluke. Uh...
It couldn't have been planned.
They got McAdams.
Was that a fluke too?
No. Oh, no.
Buddy puts out an order, and it gets done.
Well, not by me.
I'd have to be crazy, wouldn't I,
to walk in here if I was hired to get you?
One look at me, you'd yell "fake. "
That'd be it.
All right, all right.
Not by you.
But maybe, maybe somebody else.
And then if he didn't make good,
Buddy'll send another and another.
My only chance is getting out of here.
I've gotta get lost out there, lost for good.
I'm sorry, Mrs. Hull. I... can't help you.
You'll help me.
Hold it there.
Sheriff, he's here.
Over there.
This all he had on him?
That's it. No ID.
Nothing in the way of weapons.
All right, what's your name?
You like this cat-and-mouse?
No more than you do.
Wanna tell us about it?
You really don't know.
We've got a pretty good idea of what you were doing there.
I was, uh, looking for a room.
Looking for a room in back of the building?
Yeah, I lost my way.
Look, I haven't done anything wrong.
Now, you either charge me or let me go.
Let's start over.
What's your name?
Doe. John Doe.
Address?
Uh...
What are you doing in town? Where are you from?!
I thought we got that cleared up.
Self-preservation. It's a powerful instinct.
Turn around.
All right, turn around.
I wanna get dressed.
All right.
Relax. Have yourself a drink.
No, thanks.
Will you fix me one, please? Scotch?
Sure.
Why is Blackburn after you?
Because he knows your husband has started to talk?
Leonard doesn't care about what happens to me.
Buddy knows that.
But Buddy's afraid now.
For the first time in his life, and he's plenty scared.
He thinks that Leonard's told me something,
and he's not taking any chances.
Thank you.
You can turn around now.
Here.
You know, running away isn't gonna solve anything.
Say we could escape.
To put you right out in the open
will make it a lot easier for Blackburn.
And if I stay, I'm a sitting duck.
No, I- I've gotta get out while I can.
Well, there's nothing wrong
with trying to save your own life.
How about your husband?
You don't catch on fast, do you?
Leonard and I, well...
We were, uh...
We were going to split up a long time ago.
Well, why didn't you?
Buddy didn't approve.
One big, happy, corporate family,
and nobody leaves.
He ran your private lives that closely?
Buddy Blackburn is a way of life.
It became Leonard's by choice
and mine by Leonard's.
It's a rotten way to live.
That's why you're going to help me change it.
I'm sorry I can't help you.
Open up, please.
Mrs. Hull.
Mrs. Hull what?
What is it, Mrs. Hull?
We'd like the afternoon papers, please.
You know it's gonna be easy enough for us
to find out who you are,
just as soon as we get your prints.
We've wasted enough time already.
Now hold on.
Want to tell us now?
Save us all a lot of trouble?
It's just a question of time.
You have a lot to spare, we have too.
All right.
This may come as some surprise to you,
but the name is Hull.
Leonard Hull.
You've probably heard of me.
Like the devil you are.
You wanna play games, we've got some ourselves.
Get his prints and throw him in a cell.
Wait a minute. You asked me and I told you.
Now the guy you're holding-
Th-the one that flashed my wallet,
he's just some hitchhiker I picked up.
Hitchhiker?
Yeah, it was my coat
you took out to him from the restaurant.
You still got him locked up?
Yes.
No.
Well, get him.
Well, where is he?
Gee, sheriff, I didn't expect to see you back so soon.
I've got someone anxious to see our guests.
Open up.
Sure.
It's me, Ed.
Open it.
Where's Sorenson?
He came in to stay with them while I went for the paper.
That's procedure.
When one of us leaves his post, the other one-
She- She- She had a gun.
He grabbed me. I- I couldn't do a thing.
Jenkins, get on the radio.
Get out all cars available.
Block the highway east and west, routes 4A and 33.
Stop and search all buses going in or out.
Yes, sir.
I'm sorry about this, Mr. Hull.
I'll bet you are. Police protection.
Putting a stranger in with my wife.
And now they're both gone. Right under your noses.
Protective custody is not jail,
especially when you fight not to be protected.
I'm not going back to Washington, not to testify.
Not after this.
I'll have them back in an hour.
Before dark.
Have to, before dark.
That's right. Okay, we're coming in now.
Roger.
Look, there's a bus.
If there's any talking, let me do it.
You just relax.
I wanna check your passengers.
Come on, sheriff, don't block the road.
We got a schedule to make.
All right, all right. You can go.
Ugh.
Let's take a look at the arm.
Does it hurt?
A little.
Hey. You've got a real professional touch.
How did you learn it?
I was a medic in the service.
Doesn't look too bad.
Good.
Have a doctor take a look at it when we get out of this.
If I get out of this.
Mayhew.
Not good enough.
Listen, get descriptions out.
And get more cars on it.
I don't care where you get 'em. Get 'em!
Be dark in a half hour.
Then you've lost 'em.
We've... got half the state on this thing.
If there's any chance-
Thanks.
Make me feel a lot better.
Mr. Hull,
it's none of my business,
but if you had stayed in Washington,
none of this would have happened.
You're right. It's none of your business.
Sorry. It's not your fault.
I guess I'm just worried about my wife.
Chances are she's okay.
She never liked the protective custody thing.
Griped about it to my men.
Can't blame her for getting scared and taking off.
Like I said, she's probably okay.
This is where I get off.
You're not gonna leave me alone?
You can't keep running with that arm.
Now, you just stay in the truck.
You'll be safe here.
When it stops, get to a phone and call the police.
Goodbye.
You could have broken your neck.
Oh.
I can't help you anymore, Mrs. Hull.
You may have to go to the police.
Don't you understand? I-
I can't go back. I won't.
Why can't you? What are you really afraid of?
I told you.
I just wanna get out of this whole mess.
I wanna start my life all over again.
Because of your husband?
Because you both wanted a divorce,
and Blackburn wouldn't let you.
Yes, I told you that. I told you.
If that were true,
you're the last place in the world
your husband would want to run to.
You don't understand. He's just-
He's just running home to Mamma.
He's weak.
Leonard would have never gotten anyplace,
done anything without me.
Like going to work for Buddy Blackburn
in the first place?
I just wanted him to be more aggressive.
I didn't pick Blackburn.
I just urged him to grab a decent opportunity.
He let Buddy walk all over him...
Over him and me.
You wanted revenge.
You wanted your husband to do it for you,
and now you hate him because he didn't give you that.
What are you going to do?
Take a look.
Get down.
Go get him a doctor.
You think you can make it to that field office out there?
Yes.
What about you?
I'll be gone when they get here.
I would appreciate it
if you didn't say anything about me.
All right.
I'm sorry.
It wasn't your fight.
Yeah, well, it got that way
when I took your husband's identification.
You know, somebody oughta stop Blackburn,
and not out of hate.
Goodbye, Mrs. Hull.
I don't know anything more about it than that.
When that man who tried to kill me is better,
why don't you ask him?
She should be right in here, Mr. Hull.
Okay, say it.
I put you in a spot offering to testify.
You just said it.
Well, what else do you want me to say?
That I'm sorry? Forget it.
No, maybe I am.
But not for you...
At least you're honest about it.
I came after you because I wanted to hide...
Just to get away, run, forget Buddy.
I...
I just couldn't leave it.
I'm a bigger coward.
I was going to leave it.
Well, now I guess you can.
What about you?
I decided that if I found you all right,
I'd go back, go through with it.
Not on my account.
No.
On mine.
For a man named Blackburn, justice will be done.
But for Richard Kimble, that day has not yet come.
And so he moves on, searching.