But if I spot this guy, I'll sure let you know.
Just call the sheriff's office.
They'll get in touch with me.
You mind if I keep this?
Sure.
You know, if you catch this guy Kimble,
it'll be the biggest thing that ever happened to Morgantown.
You could put this place on the map, like they say.
Yeah, like they say.
Lou Cartwright.
Yeah, Cartwright.
Lou, Barry Craft.
Do me a favor, will you?
Who? Barry Craft. Jungle Land.
Look, you got a morgue down there or something?
Back issues of the paper?
Yeah, Barry, why?
Did you ever hear of a guy named Richard Kimble?
Uh, look, Barry, I'm busy.
Kimble. He's wanted by the law.
Some cop was here looking for him-
Oh, wait a minute. Kimble. The doctor?
Convicted of killing his wife?
Lou, look him up for me, will ya?
Dig out everything you can.
Why? What's up?
You ever hear of the Biograph Theatre?
Yeah, back in the 30's, uh...
Okay. I'm gonna build a Biograph right here in Morgantown.
Build what? What are you talking about?
Questions, questions.
Look, I'll tell ya when I see ya.
That's it. Now move.
Move, you son of a beast!
Boy,
maybe he's right.
Maybe you should be sold.
Maybe you're just getting fat and lazy.
Ah, that's a little better,
but that wouldn't frighten anybody, you know.
And that's what they want.
They want to be frightened.
Easy, boy. Easy, easy.
Ah, over.
You're still a fake, you know.
Now come on.
Show 'em your teeth.
Show 'em what a killer you are.
Easy boy, easy.
Easy. Easy!
Now, easy, boy.
Easy. Stay!
Get away!
Stay.
Oh, I'm sorry.
Ready with the gate!
You should be working, not loitering.
Yeah, I know. I'm sorry.
If you want to watch us perform,
you pay a dollar and a quarter
like everybody else.
Look, I said I'm sorry.
I didn't know I was doing anything wrong. All right?
Come on, children, don't fight.
Gate!
It's not good, dissension.
Decreases efficiency, or something like that.
Your new man doesn't seem to know his job yet.
Oh, don't worry about him, major.
He's part of the team.
And what team is that?
Look, I got a plan.
We're starting to move. The three of us.
Right to the top.
What do you mean "the three of us"?
Like I said, I got a plan for us,
and Nick here's gonna be part of it all.
I mean that, Nick.
Before he becomes a partner,
perhaps he'd like to begin by earning his keep.
Well, you better get back to work, Nick,
before Clyde Beatty here takes up his whip.
Why, sure.
Where did you find him anyway?
Oh, that's the great part. He fell right in our lap.
What are you talking about?
The Biograph Theater.
Did you ever hear of the Biograph Theater?
Oh, you're not making sense.
You're wrong, old man, I'm making beautiful sense.
In 1934- You weren't around here then.
But in 1934, in Chicago,
a man named John Dillinger was shot down
in front of the Biograph Theater.
And for years, I mean years,
people came from all over the country just to look at it.
Just to stand and look at a movie house.
Dillinger.
He was some sort of criminal, wasn't he?
The best in the business.
Well, we haven't got a Dillinger.
Haven't we?
That's him.
Some cop from Indiana was just nosing around.
And you didn't tell him?
Well, not yet. I've got to do this thing right.
Reporters, photographers, the works.
I don't like it.
What don't you like?
Look, that guy's an escaped murderer.
He's still a man.
Not some pathetic geek
like you used to hustle at that carney.
That still makes me dirt in your eyes, doesn't it?
Like that two-bit zoo of yours was the world's greatest thing.
All right, forget it.
But I don't like it.
Don't you?
Well, that's too bad,
but you just keep your mouth shut
because if anybody finds out before I'm ready,
they can throw us both in the can
for being accessories.
You got it?
I thought you were instructed
not to discuss this investigation with anybody.
Especially reporters.
I'm sorry, lieutenant,
but Cartwright seemed to know all about it already.
What did he say?
Well, he called and said he heard Kimble
was in the area, and he wanted details.
Get him on the phone.
Uh, could be that one of the people we questioned called him.
Why?
Lou Cartwright, please.
Oh? When?
No, thanks, I'll call back.
He left 15 minutes ago.
Left word he'd be at Fielding's zoo.
Sheriff, can I borrow some men?
Sure, I'll give you a car too.
Why? You smell something out there?
Well, it's a zoo, isn't it?
Hey, you! Nick!
You said he was sick.
Yeah, I think so.
What's wrong with him?
I don't know. How old is he?
Six months. A baby.
Well, then maybe he has rickets.
Look, do you, uh...
You really know something about this kind of thing?
Well, just a little. I used to work with children.
Well, cats I know, but, uh, chimps with rickets.
Then call a vet.
My partner, he doesn't like vets.
You see, vets send bills.
Look, Nick, uh...
Do you think you know enough
about this kind of thing to, uh...
Well, to help him out of it?
Yeah, maybe. Um...
Is there a drugstore around?
Yes, there's a drugstore
about half a mile down the road towards the town.
I'll be back in a while.
You mean you've got him right here working for you?
You better believe it.
Well, where is he?
He's around.
Can I see him?
Sure.
But first we got a couple of things to work out.
Don't you get any ideas about calling the cops,
because the parade starts when I blow the whistle,
or there won't be any parade.
Now, look, Barry, you know me.
I'll play along.
Sure, you will,
'cause I might be slipping a Pulitzer
right in your pocket.
Mmm.
Now, what do you want me to do?
Get me a couple of photographers,
and let the wire services know
you've got something big on the way.
For when?
Tomorrow afternoon.
Saturdays we get a pretty good crowd.
That'll give it more excitement.
Oh, that's dynamite you're playing with.
You know a better way to make a big noise?
Okay,
but I'd still like to see him before, uh...
Hey.
Who's that?
It's that same cop.
Well, looks like somebody else might have a whistle, huh?
Hey, lieutenant!
Something I can do for ya?
You're Cartwright, I suppose.
What are you doing here?
Well, I was just-
Oh, he came to see me. Why?
That's what I asked.
Well, Lou's a good friend, a buddy.
I called him.
You know, about Kimble.
Well, that's okay, isn't it?
As far as it goes.
It doesn't explain why you came all the way out here.
Well, it was a good tip,
so I thought I'd thank him in person.
It was?
If Kimble's in the area.
You don't mind if I look around.
Be my guest.
Mr. Fielding?
I'd like to ask you a few questions.
He doesn't know any more about it than I do.
If you don't mind.
Sorry, just trying to help.
Have you ever seen this man before?
You're hunting for him?
Yep.
I used to hunt myself, you know, for quite a while.
Guns, traps, everything.
Everything, just to put some terrified beast
into an iron cage.
I suppose in a way we're in the same line of work.
No.
You see, uh... I just woke up one morning
and discovered that I'd grown out of it.
Have you seen him before or not?
No. Why? Was I supposed to?
Look. I told you, didn't I?
I'm not sure you told me anything.
Lieutenant.
Not a sign of him.
I'd like to use your phone.
Sure, there's one in the office.
Where is he?
The drugstore.
What for?
The baby chimp's sick.
He went down to try and get her something.
Boy, he sure picked a great time
to start practicing medicine again.
Uh, if you don't mind,
I'd like to leave your men out here for a while.
Yep.
I know, but, uh, like you say,
there's a smell.
Yeah, I ought to be back in 15, 20 minutes.
Right.
Thanks for the use of the phone.
Look, if he turns up here,
I'll sure let you know.
A thing like that could get me plenty of publicity.
That's right. It could.
I can't offer you a cup of coffee?
Oh, no, thank you.
The least I can do is walk you to your car.
Don't bother. No bother. No bother.
You gotta get out of sight.
What did you tell Gerard?
That I haven't seen you.
Why?
Boy, you really pick the time to ask the questions.
No, come on, why?
You seem okay to me. Let him do his own work.
That's not enough.
Okay, I'll level with ya.
I didn't tell him because there's nothing in it for me.
No reward, nothing,
and I turned in my public spirit years ago.
Now, you better get out of sight
before he decides to have another look.
But you better not go too far.
What do you mean?
He knows you got off the bus in Morgantown.
They'll have the roads covered.
So until he decides that, uh,
you've given him the slip,
the safest place for you is right here.
Thanks.
Just stay out of sight.
Okay, thanks.
Nick.
When did you get back?
Well, just now, why?
There was a policeman here.
He's coming back. He's, uh, on the scent.
He has to come back. I know.
Well, then you know why he's after me.
Your partner just tried to help me
and now you're trying to help me. Why?
Perhaps I just don't like hunters.
Isn't that what you are?
So you see, I know what it does to a man.
He becomes a nothing.
No more than an extension of his own weapon,
and I have very little respect for weapons.
I'd like you to know I didn't do what they say.
I believe you, but it doesn't make any difference.
You see, I, uh, believe that every living thing,
if it has to die,
should have room to do it in.
Now, go quickly.
No, not that way.
There are fences all around the place
to keep out the non-paying customers.
There's a road up there about 500 yards.
It bypasses the town.
Here.
Give him the vitamins three times a day,
and the calcium twice a day.
If he doesn't get well, you'll have to call the vet.
Thank you.
Well, they're still out there.
Get your photographers back on that phone.
What for?
They'll be here tomorrow noon like you wanted.
I want 'em here today.
Why?
I'm changing the schedule.
I don't like those cops sniffing around so close.
I've got one guy coming in from Omaha.
Then get on that phone.
You mean you let him just walk right out of here?
I suppose I did.
All right, which way?
Strange, I don't seem to recall.
Well, you better start recalling, old man,
or else that big pussycat of yours
gets shipped out tomorrow.
What do you mean?
I thought you'd already sold him.
Oh, didn't I tell you?
I figured if we scored on this Kimble thing
that we'd pull in enough business
so we wouldn't need to sell the cat.
I cancelled the sale.
So now how's your memory?
He's up there,
heading for the road.
Hey, officer.
My partner thinks he just heard some noise
back in our work yard. Yeah?
It could be that guy Kimble, I guess.
If it is, he's probably heading out the back road.
You stay here, Ralph.
SHERIFF All right, let's stay put.
Long as we have men back at the compound, we're covered.
Just remember to call in once in a while.
Right.
Why don't you watch from the curve.
That should give us a good half-mile check both ways.
Yeah, but it'll be dark in a couple of hours.
Yeah, for him too.
Barry, if he gets away-
If he gets away or if they pick him up, we've had it.
Relax, old man, we're back in business.
What did you do? Try to make a break for it?
Yeah. Well, what happened?
They had the roads covered.
Well, I guess I can't blame you for trying,
but like I said before,
you're safer here than any place else.
They have, uh, still got men at the front gate.
Oh, major, do me a favor, will you?
There's a guy waiting for me in the office.
Tell him I'll be right with him.
Meanwhile, I got an idea where our friend here
can dig in for a while.
I'll be back.
Why the helping hand?
Don't worry, it's not for you.
I spent 12 years in a carny,
and after all the times I was thrown in the pokey
by these hick cops, I'm not about to do them any favors.
Well, I'm leaving tonight anyhow.
Sure, but, uh, what if that Gerard
decides to snoop around some more in the meantime?
What did you have in mind?
Come on.
You can stay right here in this shed.
I'll put a couple of cat cages in front of it
and they'll never look here.
I think that's the first place they're gonna look.
Where is he?
Well, come on, old man, drink up.
It's on the house.
You know, I'd rather not drink to a man's death.
Who are you, the virgin princess?
Thirty pieces of silver or a 5-year-old Bengal tiger,
what's the difference?
What time do they get here?
You said 5. It's only a quarter of.
They getting paid by the hour or something?
Relax, you're home free.
Yeah, maybe.
I think it's time to start the parade.
Gerard?
Yeah, I'd like to talk to Lieutenant Gerard.
Here they are. Here are the boys.
You better believe it's important.
Major.
You can hear me but you won't listen,
is that it?
Major, I need your help.
I can't help you.
Don't you understand? I can't.
You once said to me, "A man needs room to die. "
Did you know that Jaipur here
has never known anything but a cage?
He was born in a cage just like this,
and except when we work together in the arena,
his whole world measures
just twice his own length.
Will you help me?
Why should I choose you over him?
Why should you have to?
To keep him from being sold.
My partner believes that your capture will make us so rich
that there'll be no need to sell him.
So tell me, how should I choose?
What can I say?
That you're a man, that I'm a man,
that we are better somehow than a mere dumb creature.
But we're not, you know.
No animal corrupts or wars or betrays.
Only man does that.
So why should I choose you?
Because I'm being hunted down like an animal.
To be destroyed.
So?
A hunter drives a piece of lead
into the skull of a tiger.
Which death has more nobility, doctor?
Well, at least the tiger doesn't know the exact moment
it's going to happen.
Major, there's no room at all in the electric chair.
You've got him?
You better believe it.
Who are they?
Couple of friends.
Yeah. Lou Cartwright and a couple of friends
who happen to have cameras.
Very convenient.
I guess it is.
Come on, where is he?
Step right this way, folks.
He walks, he talks, he crawls on his belly like-
Shut up, Craft.
Just show us where he is.
Anything you say, sheriff.
What did you do?
Dirty, stupid, old man.
Barry.
What happened?
He had Kimble locked in the cage.
Yeah.
And there's going to be another empty cage tomorrow.
It's okay. He can't have got too far.
Maybe, but where?
Up there. It's the only direction he could have gone.
I've got two men on the road up there,
he's pretty well boxed in.
Yeah, he's smart.
It's dark. He doesn't know the terrain.
We'll have him in five minutes. Come on. Let's go.
Ralph, you stay here.
Watch the area over by the office.
Come on, men.
Go.
Go, boy. Go.
Hey.
Tiger loose!
Where?
Why?
Men, we gotta find that cat.
Shoot to kill.
No, wait.
What for?
What about Kimble?
So far as we know, Kimble isn't armed,
but that tiger is.
He might head for town.
Come on, men.
Don't take any chances.
Hey, Al, see anything?
No, not yet.
Kimble?
All right, come on out.
I'll have to shoot.
Kimble.
On the count of three I'm going to fire.
One.
Two.
Three.
What was it?
I don't know.
Down the road.
Can you see anything?
Not from here.
Go check, I'll stay here.
Okay.
Hey, Al. Over here. We got him.
Sheriff.
We're over here.
You all right?
Yeah, yeah, we are. We had to kill the tiger.
Well, I guess that kind of wraps it up.
Uh, you didn't get much of a story, did you?
Hm? Oh, I got a wonderful story.
Didn't you hear?
Somebody just burned down the Biograph Theater.
What?
You better believe it.
I'm sorry we lost your boy.
He's not lost. Yeah.
Well, let's get out of here.
Well, you really blew it, old man.
Kimble, the tiger and everything.
Is that what you wanted?
Well, he got away.
Didn't he?
One man's dream ends
while another man's nightmare merely continues.
Richard Kimble is free.
He has room for tonight.
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