Warner Bros. Pictures
Marshal Samuel Gerard Collection
A murdered wife. A one-armed man. An obsessed detective. The chase begins.
Wrongfully convicted of murdering his wife and sentenced to death, Richard Kimble escapes from the law in an attempt to find the real killer and clear his name.
CinemaSerf
Nov 15, 2025 · via TMDB
Acclaimed surgeon “Kimble” (Harrison Ford) is used to the finer things in life, but not to the back of a prison van where he finds himself after being convicted of murdering his wealthy wife. Of course he protests his innocence, but it’s the chair for him - until, unexpectedly, his transportation makes an unscheduled stop and following the ensuing fracas he manages to escape. The local cops are content that all are accounted for, but Chicago Marshall “Gerard” (Tommy Lee Jones) spots an extra set of leg irons and quickly deduces that the good doctor has got away. Now he isn’t supposed to be a man with many survival skills, but it transpires that there is no-one scorned like a man falsely accused of killing his wife and so with the tenacious “Gerard” on his tail, nothing is going to get in his way as he sets about trying to find out who really did kill his beloved “Helen” (Sela Ward). As he investigates, we are introduced to his erstwhile colleagues like “Eastman” (Julianne Moore) and “Nichols” (Jeroen Krabbé) as well as the menacing “Sykes” (Andreas Katsulas) who looks like he’d wandered straight off the set of a “Munsters” movie, but with the scientific evidence looking fairly damning, what chance he can get to the truth? Fans of the television series from the 1960s are unlikely to see too many similarities as this takes advantage of far better production techniques to immerse us in both the escapee’s desperate flight but also in the comprehensive array of kit available to his pursuers as the pace of the film hits the ground (or the water) running and rarely lets up for a couple of hours that remind us more of why the charismatic Ford was a star in the first place. The ending isn’t the best, I felt. It’s all a bit rushed and just a little too predictable but discounting that last ten minutes, this is still a solidly entertaining chase thriller that does draw us in.
Wuchak
Dec 10, 2018 · via TMDB
***Top-of-the-line crime thriller with Harrison Ford and Tommy Lee Jones*** Released in 1993 and based on the TV show from 30 years earlier, “The Fugitive” stars Harrison Ford as Dr. Richard Kimble, an innocent fugitive framed for murder. As he pursues the one-armed killer & those who pulled his strings, a determined U.S. Marshal (Tommy Lee Jones) hunts Kimble down from wilderness regions to the streets of Chicago. The first 40 minutes contain the most action, hooking the viewer with an exhilarating bus wreck/train wreck followed by a phenomenal dam sequence. The rest of the movie is an intelligent and suspenseful cat-and-mouse chase with Kimble zeroing-in on those who framed him and why. “The Fugitive” was a deserved box office hit, costing $40 million and raking in $369 million with $184 of that domestically. To realize just how well-done it is, check out the sequel, “U.S. Marshals” (1998), which features the same basic plot, but without most of the magic. The film runs 2 hours, 10 minutes and was shot in Illinois and North Carolina; the dam sequence, for instance, was filmed at Cheoah Dam, Tapoco, North Carolina. GRADE: A-
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Harrison Ford
Richard Kimble
Tommy Lee Jones
Samuel Gerard
Joe Pantoliano
Cosmo Renfro
Jeroen Krabbé
Charles Nichols
Daniel Roebuck
Biggs
L. Scott Caldwell
Poole
Tom Wood
Newman
Ron Dean
Detective Kelly
Joseph F. Kosala
Detective Rosetti
Andreas Katsulas
Frederick Sykes
Sela Ward
Helen Kimble
Julianne Moore
Anne Eastman
David Darlow
Dr. Lentz
Mark D. Espinoza
Resident
Joe Guzaldo
Prosecutor
Andy Romano
Judge Bennett
Richard Riehle
Old Guard
Eddie Bo Smith Jr.
Copeland
Frank Ray Perilli
Jail Officer
Pancho Demmings
Young Guard
Jim Wilkey
Bus Driver
Danny Goldring
Head Illinois State Trooper
Nick Searcy
Sheriff Rawlins
Kevin Crowley
State Trooper
Mike Bacarella
Marshal Stevens
Bill Cusack
Tracing Technician
Oksana Fedunyszyn
Myoelectric Receptionist
Jane Lynch
Kathy Wahlund
Greg Hollimon
Skating Orderly
Cheryl Lynn Bruce
O.R. Doctor
Ann Whitney
Myoelectric Director
Turk Muller
Clearing Officer
David Pasquesi
Newscaster
B.J. Jones
Doctor at Bar
John M. Watson Sr.
Bones Roosevelt
Kirsten Nelson
Betty
Juan Ramírez
Man on 'El'
Neil Flynn
Transit Cop
Allen Hamilton
Host
Lester Holt
Newscaster
Jay Levine
Newscaster
Sal Richards
Warrant Captain (uncredited)
Darren W. Conrad
Deputy at Train Wreck (uncredited)
Kevin Mukherji
Doctor (uncredited)
John-Clay Scott
Mad Motorist at Tunnel (uncredited)
Suzy Brack
City Hall Employee (uncredited)
Michael Chapman
Director of Photography
Aggie Guerard Rodgers
Costume Design
Peter Robb-King
Makeup Supervisor
Terry Leonard
Stunt Coordinator
Gary J. Wayton
Stunt Double
Gary J. Wayton
Stunts
Jeannie Epper
Stunts
Jeff Ramsey
Stunts
John Rottger
Stunts
John-Clay Scott
Stunts
Peter Epstein
Stunts
Rick LeFevour
Stunts
Thomas DeWier
Stunts
Troy Brown
Stunts
Andrew Davis
Director
Terry Leonard
Second Unit Director
Arnold Kopelson
Producer
James Newton Howard
Original Music Composer
Scott D. Smith
Production Sound Mixer
Hector C. Gika
Sound Effects Editor
David Twohy
Screenplay
Jeb Stuart
Screenplay
David Twohy
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Jul 29, 1993
Westwood, California
Aug 6, 1993
Sep 3, 1997
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