The Fugitive (Extended Pilot, and remastered)

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Episode remastered, extended, and edited by me. This episode originally aired on September 17, 1963
This tv series tells the story of Dr. Richard Kimble, who is wrongly accused of murdering his wife. Although he maintains his innocence, he is found guilty and sentenced to death. Dr. Kimble manages to escape a prisoner transport train that was delivering him to his place of execution. Relentlessly pursued by the well-meaning police lieutenant Philip Gerard, who handled the murder case and brought Dr. Kimble to justice is convinced of his guilt. Dr. Kimble, for his part, is now on the hunt for the real killer, a one-armed man whom he saw fleeing the house when he found his wife dead coming home.
Across America, Dr. Kimble's escape leads. He never rests and cannot fully trust anyone due to his perpetual fear of being discovered. Because of this, Dr. Kimble has to constantly use new identities and never stay in any one location for too long. And in addition to the support of friends, Kimble also meets strangers who help him in his adventurous search for the one-armed man.
Extra: On the day this pilot aired, possibly the most famous election in Iranian history took place, where the secular, pro-Shah New Iran Party won 140 of the 200 seats in the Iranian Majles. Also, famed German professor of both philosophy and psychology Dr. Eduard Spranger died in Tubingen, Germany.

[@RayPointerChannel]

Seeing the prologue to the story in this extended version is more satisfying and complete in the telling of the story.

[@robertszvetics210]

ONE OF THE GREATEST SERIES EVER.

[@imasonofadeadbeat2928]

Led by one of the greatest actors in David Janssen.

[@michaelleroy9281]

THE best

[@vernwallen4246]

👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@ArchiveMan78]

Indeed!

[@Ronbone-w4y]

Better than padding bear

[@scottmiller6495]

The first episode from one of the greatest television dramas of all time. This series made A B C a major network and The Fugitive made David Janssen a great star and fabulous actor !!!!!

[@johnbeckham1483]

I will always like The Fugitive as in my opinion it was the best TV series ever!

[@TheConour]

The 14th and 1st episodes.

[@Euro.Education]

The best of bests by Q.M. production. Dr. Richard Kimble (David Jansen) is no more, nor Inspector Gerald (Berry Morse). May they rest in peace. But of course... their Legacy left. Amanullah Lodhi Karachi Pakistan

[@executivedecision6141]

Actually no.... MAVERICK, The Untouchables, and Naked City all put ABC on the map years earlier! But yes indeed The Fugitive is also one of the all-time great TV series.

[@scottmiller6495]

@@executivedecision6141 Yes you're right.

[@bonniemoerdyk9809]

Even on the run...he takes time to cuddle a little kitty! Gotta love a man like that!!

[@robertszvetics210]

HE WAS A KIND SWEET MAN

[@herbpetrillo163]

Love the end scene by the railroad crossing.....iconic scene used in all subsequent episodes...

[@lugz5642]

He was a Boss

[@greg1030]

My black short hair kitty.

[@johnraymond-pz9bo]

I love all you guys because you recognize and love goodness

[@alessandromoon4650]

Although, I watched the series as a child. I really did not understand the adult complexities of the episodes. Until I rewatched it as an adult. And I became very empathetic with Richard Kimble. David Janssen was a master of his craft. R.I.P. respectfully!! Thanks for posting this extended and remastered pilot episode!!

[@pinkrose5796]

Thank you so much for uploading this video!! I remember sneaking out to watch it with my sister because it was past our bedtime. My Mom would usually catch us and send us to bed except for the last episode in which she let us stay up to watch the ending:) That was the year my Dad had his 1st tour in Vietnam.

[@lugz5642]

Great story

[@Euro.Education]

The best of bests by Q.M. production. Dr. Richard Kimble (David Jansen) is no more, nor Inspector Gerald (Berry Morse). May they rest in peace. But of course... their Legacy left. Amanullah Lodhi Karachi Pakistan

[@sandrasanders706]

So many soldiers missed the end of this series.

[@marcuswilkins5011]

Excellence Exemplified.!!

[@chrisjackson5640]

Brilliant storyline, still watchable nearly 50 years on.

[@rickobrien4025]

FINALLY ! I get to see the pilot after wondering all these years ! THANKS !

[@frankthetank1369]

Me too.

[@clugul]

This backstory was all first shown in episode 14, “The Girl from Little Egypt.” You can watch it at this link. archive.org/details/The_Fugitive_Series/The+Fugitive+TV+Series+(1963-1967)+-+Season+1/The+Fugitive+-+1x14+-+The+Girl+from+Little+Egypt.avi

[@mr.zondide2746]

How did The handcuffs get off Gerard

[@rickkenny4926]

That bothered me too, and I can only think Kimble lifted the key off Gerard after their thrown from the train. Then we see Kimble collapsed on his own, where I guess he is still in shock from the wreck..

[@None-zc5vg]

This is being shown in reverse, yet the sound is o.k..

[@AudioFileZ]

Convicted of killing your wife, and sentenced to death...while witnessing the actual killer who got away. Wow! Not just anyone could bring these dire circumstances to life on the small stage. David Janssen did, but he also brought the fragile nature and driven urgency of a man desperate to live long enough to catch a killer. It's 2023, I've seen all these episodes, even several times...I still come back to this show and start all over again. This puts The Fugitive in some of the rarest air a TV show is possible to exist, in my humble opinion.

[@thetooginator153]

I’m just starting to watch “The Fugitive”. I was born when it aired originally, so I never saw it growing up. Fortunately, MAD Magazine let me know the basic plot AND that the show was important enough for a spoof.

[@AudioFileZ]

@@thetooginator153 LOL! Yeah, I will hear the title yet today of the late sixties movie Midnight Cowboy and immediately I think "Midnight Wowboy" which we the MAD spoof of it in the magazine. I was probably ten or there abouts. Stuff about that mag just stuck in my mind like a pounded in nail!

[@olivia362436]

I agree with you for the most part ... My favorite show growing up and I could only stay up after 10 one night a week because I was 10 years old and Tuesday was the night ... I binge watched a lot of episodes as an adult and it doing so it does seem that a man on the run trying to stay incognito sure got in a lot of other peoples affairs but it had to have a story line ... He saved Gerard multiple times and met and interacted with is son and then later in a 2 part episode Gerard's wife ... Kimble went to a baseball game in one episode where the girl next to him was kidnapped and of course he was held for questioning; what are the odds ... Kimble was incredibly unlucky in the first 3 parts and incredibly lucky in part IV ... Don't get me wrong, for it's time it was the best show on the air and David Janssen was absolutely divine. I would have preferred a different ending because even at 14 I thought the one armed man had no place to go when he climbed that water tower ... I would have much rather seen him confess in a short court sequence and then pan to Gerard's face afterwards ... The show was driven by intense drama so it had to be a confession to Kimble and then a rifle shot from Gerard ... I believe in season 3 episode Wife Killer Fred Johnson does nod his head yes when Kimble asks if he killed his wife. I was always puzzled why Kimble left in that episode because he had the one armed man, a confession and he almost died in a car accident so he wasn't going anywhere.

[@Royameadow]

​@@olivia362436 The Series Finale for the I963 story is not indicative of the original vision that was intended: As it was indicated around the time that David Janssen wanted to finish up with Season 04 due to physical and mental fatigue from the Thirty Episode a Season filming schedule, The Fugitive was supposed to get a Season 05 that would've heavily expanded the storyline and filming into Hawaii, Mexico, and Puerto Rico, which at that point I feel we would've probably gotten virtually the same or a slightly reworked variant of "Judgement Day: Part 0I and 02" when the time came to end the series proper in Fiscal Year I968; it truly makes me wonder if there are Thirty more episodes that we never got but were fully written or at least Blueprinted, I can only imagine how much more the developers could've done with the storyline and improve Richard Kimble's Quality of Life as Season 04 already made it certain that the colour was finally coming back to his life after being in a literal Gray Area for Ninety episodes and using Colour Film as a storytelling mechanic truly did help flush out the impact of certain episodes during ABC's first full year of its "In Colour" campaign that there is a lot of wonder as to how the Tropical Islands would've aided that standpoint in Season 05. I do feel bad that Vera Miles was not brought back for "Judgement Day: Part 02", her character Monica Welles would've been perfect to have there at the end as a bit of a Full Circle moment in the regard that the first woman that Kimble helped out while on the run and who truly cared about his future would be there to lovingly congratulate him for never giving up and remaining true to his original ambition; even more surprising is when we discovered that this episode was also set to be the Backdoor Pilot for Fox's then~upcoming series Judd for the Defense, which Vera would get to have a guest role in, Quinn Martin slammed down the concept of JftD being a sequel series or spin~off to The Fugitive because his team wouldn't be working on it and knowing this core detail now I do feel that ABC pretty much bombed in what it could do during Fiscal Year I968 and '69, both this and The Invaders would not make it out of the decade with a third season and in Retrospective Review it makes me wonder what could've happened had things been different on this front. There is a lot more that I could discuss about all of this, but I will definitely reserve certain subjects for another time; simple fact of the matter though is that the reason why The Fugitive (I963) ended in the way it did was because akin to Sonic the Hedgehog 02 (MD)'s original Time Travel plot concept the project was cut short for time midway into its development and there was simply not enough resources to justify the cost of fulfilling the remaining Thirty episodes that we never got, the issue of Time Costs from the network's point of view is part of what influenced my ambition to produce an entire series before ever airing it to the masses and when we do we would broadcast it under the Continuous template that was made popular for Anime in Japan during the '90s (One Episode a Week until the series is over), and with a sequel series concept for The Fugitive being part of that ambition on my end (heck, MeTV does the same thing for the original series, showing an episode every Late Sunday/Early Monday at 02:00 A (Eastern); "Judgement Day: Part 0I and 02" will be airing tonight and on August 04 and 05, respectively) I feel many film groups and networks will follow suit if it proves effective and successful for heightening overall community impact and viewership retention.

[@janeyd5280]

I was 11 yrs old when this came out. My parents loved it. It takes me back to my childhood. But I get very sad to think David died so young. 😐 rip David you were a wonderful actor and very handsome too.

[@bonniel15]

Wow, what a treat, almost six decades ago, one of my favorite childhood TV series!!!! So nice to see The Fugitive, David Jensen, all of the different start up actors who moved onto stardom!!!!! Thanks for sharing!

[@Punster616]

It was almost more than 50 years ago, and I was addicted to this unforgettable TV series as a teenager. Why? It appears to me now is that David Janssen had got that melancholy look that few processed to perform, not even Harrison Ford.

[@slcRN1971]

I hadn’t ever seen this first episode, because my parents didn’t start watching this series until about episode 5 or 6. I was a teen, so I was allowed to stay up and watch it too. Nice to finally watch the very first one....... thanks.

[@michaelschramm1064]

Timeless series and one of my very favorites. The show’s premise has its antecedents in the David Goodis novel “Dark Passage”, published in 1946.

[@bobbyg9662]

So many great beautiful young actresses were on the Fugitive, this one is Vira Miles, oh my gosh so beautiful. She was in my favorite western of all times The Searchers.

[@ahmadbinfadzil8258]

When I was a kid < 5 years old, I looked David Janssen as an old man. But today when I am an old man >60, I looked David Janssen as a young man.

[@peterhayward4876]

I never saw the actual pilot for the fugitive which has an extension of his trial I saw every episode right up to the last one where girard realizes ther really is a one arm man thanks for posting this

[@clugul]

The trial backstory was in “The Girl from Little Egypt” episode with Pamela Tiffin.

[@flower24587]

David Janssen was so handsome!!

[@rickkenny4926]

He got the sort a Clarke Gable look, but I think DJ is the better actor💕

[@kennethmiller4950]

Final episode: Tuesday, August 29th, 1967, the day the running stopped. Filmed at Pacific Ocean Park.

[@amosburke511]

August 29th, 1997. Judgment day in The Terminator.

[@nancyhowell4505]

I remember the very end of that episode, 2 weeks past my 15th birthday. Kimble is outside and sees a cop nearby. He gets nervous, maybe starting to panic, then realizes he's safe. Relief floods over his face. Never forgot that! Janssen was that good, I was caught up in his tensions all the years he was running, and when it was over, such relief and joy I felt! 😂👏👍👍

[@janeyd5280]

@@nancyhowell4505 it was 18 days after my 15th birthday it stopped. 🙂born on 21st Aug 1952.

[@nancyhowell4505]

@@janeyd5280 I'm 3 days older than you. Hope you're blessed with good health and happiness, Janey! 🙏😊

[@johntate5722]

@@nancyhowell4505 Nancy I remember it so well too. I was aged 8 and the next day we were all talking about it in school - did you see the Fugitive we asked. This was in the UK; it was very very popular here too. Not sure if it was maybe just a bit later over here - but it was 1967 for sure. I was so pleased that he was free. A childhood memory I will never forget. He had become a kind of friend. I remember he walked free arm in arm with a pretty girl - which was played by Lynda (?) Baker.....well I know her surname was Baker; I didn't know if she was his sister or a girlfriend...well I was 8.

[@magovenor]

As a sickly little asthmatic little kid, having been treated by so many kindly doctors, this show hit me hard. I didn’t watch this episode but once I was allowed to watch it I hardly missed any episodes. Those I did miss was due to me either being too sick or being hospitalized. And the hospital had strict rules about bed time hours for kids.

[@stephenwitherington879]

Although I saw most of this supreme series in the late 60s & early 70s, the pilot wasn't one of them. And so it has given me great pleasure to view it now for the very first time, in a long time. Many thanks for uploading this & I shall eventually be sharing this one on Facebook to bring it to the attention of those keen fans of the great actor's work who might otherwise miss it. It seems hardly possible that David Janssen could have been gone over 42 years, but he has, & should serve as a stark reminder that life is short & death is long. If anyone had suggested to Janssen during the making of this that he'd have less than 17 years to live he'd no doubt have laughed; unfortunately, it was no laughing matter. RIP DJ.

[@olivia362436]

He smoked 4 packs of cigarettes daily and was a heavy drinker ... he should have quit when he was 30

[@raymondlee2799]

I enjoy it more now than before when I was just a kid not understanding adult issues

[@mikebasil4832]

I first saw The Fugitive series in my early 20s just in time before its 30th anniversary was celebrated with the 1993 movie. It was great drama and both David Janssen and Barry Morse were excellent.

[@thetooginator153]

@raymondlee - It’s interesting to see how movies and TV shows change depending on our perspective.

[@mikebasil4832]

@@thetooginator153 Very interesting indeed.

[@danfinger3367]

great add to the series seen all episodes 2 or 3 timed first time for this pilot episode thanks the fugitive is my favorite all time series thanks for making that happen used to stay up till 1am on Sunday and get my fix

[@peterm1826]

I have the complete series excellent show 👍

[@catchaser52]

Finally I get to watch the start, lol. I love the internet.

[@TheConour]

To be accurate: This isn't the 'pilot'. It's episode 14 and episode 1 of the series as aired. Episode 1, which begins 'in medias res', did air on Sept. 17, 1963. Episode 14, which presented the backstory of the series, aired on Christmas Eve, 1963. A 'pilot' (as the term was used then) was a test episode whose purpose was to sell the concept to the network. Pilots were often shorter, without music, and with a trial cast that might be changed later. In some cases they were reworked to become an episode of the series. Rarely were they the first episode aired, as the network would usually choose a stronger episode as its initial exposure to the public.

[@chrisjackson5640]

Is there an episode 2 from series 1?

[@AbrasiousProductions]

darn I got fooled!

[@Jetsboy69]

I am currently watching the full series.

[@dikshantkaliya832]

Can you tell me where can I find all the episodes?

[@harjinderb1435]

Watched it as a young boy in Kampala,Uganda.great drama.

[@edwardnakagawa3554]

** NO SH-T, I NEVER SEEN THIS STARTER ALSO, BUT THIS IS THE ONE EVERYONE NEEDS TO SEE FIRST !

[@kevinmcgovern5110]

My favorite TV program as a kid back then. I like what you did, weaving in the Girl From Little Egypt footage-woulda been a terrific pilot! Thanks for the work from a long-time Fugitive fan!

[@cliometrician]

Great job with the remaster and edit!!

[@jamesstuartbrice420]

One thing I like about the series is how it shows the narrow-minded fanatisism of bureaucrats with their stupidity and perseverence, ie Philip Gerard, the fanatical policeman who cannot admit that the law could condemn innocent persons. I think Emerson or Thoreau said A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, beloved of petty statesmen. Speak what you think now... I think this is found as well among the sorts of politicians we see in some administrations of state and national governments.

[@georgesenda1952]

Doesn’t really matter. Anything with David is a treat.

[@herbpetrillo163]

Vera miles.a classic beauty

[@mikebasil4832]

Yes. I’m glad that Vera was one of the very first special guest stars for The Fugitive.

[@paulzammataro7185]

Brian Keith played a bastard pretty convincingly!

[@MOGGS1942]

It's what great actors do, they act.

[@thomasnorman4221]

He didn't have a father?

[@anupambhattacharjee4458]

Great series. David Janssen was very handsome and did a splendid work in Fugitive. "The fugitive" starring Harrison Ford and Tommy Lee Jones is the remake of David Janssen's The Fugitive.

[@capacola262743]

even if the kid in the rowboat didn't see kimble, he must have been there or else how would he know that kid was there at that time?? kimble's lawyer must have been incompetent.

[@clugul]

He was a neighborhood kid who often fished there.

[@brandtmaass3986]

I was thinking the same thing. Good call.

[@flower24587]

LOVE the cat!!

[@MreOsc68]

The Bar manager was the three eyed alien Diner worker in the Twilight Zone

[@paulahurst4434]

I never saw this pilot either. I always felt so sorry for him

[@yeswecannabis3764]

They showed the Pilot on A&E back in 1989. Remember it well. Had just discovered Fugitive. Discovered Combat 1988. Best human dramas of all time. Gerard was to Stupid and Lazy to really look for Fred Johnson. Was born early 1970,s and had never heard of these classics.

[@winonamassingill7895]

When I was a young girl of 6 and 7 years, once a year I was sent for a month to live with my daddy and grandmother. My mother and daddy were divorced so that was what the court allowed me to do. I remember so well, my momma taking me down to the Grayhound bus station. The smell of it and the sounds of the bus 🚌 pulling into and leaving the station. I could close my eyes 👀 and recognize each stop that the bus would make to load or unload from Sherman , Texas passengers to Saint Joe, Noconna and Vernon, Texas. 😊😊😊😊😊😊

[@fuyu5979]

Wow! First time saw the pilot episode of The Fugitive. Watched other episodes as a child, the original broadcast, but missed the pilot episode. Some of the music are from The Twilight Zone episodes. Thanks for the upload. Kudos to you. Looking forward to your next video.

[@stevelora1539]

Dr Kimball had nothing to lose. After the train wrecked, he did the next best thing.

[@seanodwyer4322]

lora- efff he had been killed in the train wreck he could as a ghost still hunt the one arm killer off his wife. and effff he executed then as a ghost go after all the demons involved in the bigg drama

[@DesiluTrek]

Of course right at the start for maximum sympathy they tapped the score from my favorite, most sentimental episode of "The Twilight Zone," "Walking Distance" by Bernard Herrmann.

[@KuznVinny]

The main thing that was missing from this excellent series was progress toward finding the one-armed man. Perhaps Kimball could have been pursuing the one-armed man and gaining some slight clue each episode.

[@paulahurst4434]

I thought there were a few times he found him but he got away

[@johntate5722]

Well KuznVinny that's a good point - but I feel the producers and writers etc saw a long road ahead ideally so Kimball was meant to have adventures while on the run, to get involved in peoples lives, in dilemmas etc and then escape and move on just as he was about to lose his secret. Its become a staple of US drama - the wanderer who moves from town to town and is trying so hard to find his resting place, or his goal. This applied to Kung Fu and also to the Hulk. Also to Branded. Maybe others too that I cant quite recall just here. For some reason, maybe its "frontier mentality" but it seems to be a big part of ongoing US drama series.

[@richardelarmo8379]

David Jansen great actor, heard he died ln Rosemary Forthsyte's love of his liffe😢

[@norbertzimpfer7548]

He must have had a LOUSY attorney

[@ZJ-ne9kn]

This proves my point even though i have started upgrading to blu ray there are some old shows that were remastered on dvd that even look amazing fugitive high chapparal gunsmoke perry mason andy griffith leave it to beaver twilight zone come to mind and many others

[@alexkelley385]

I never saw this… I saw the first episode back in the year and have all the DVD’s.

[@KingOFuh]

Arizona Republic, Phoenix, AZ, July 4, 1963; Diane Brewster: 'Demise' Provides Unique TV Role, By Joseph Finnegan; HOLLYWOOD (UPI)--Actress Diane Brewster has one of the unique roles on television. She's a corpse. The pretty Miss Brewster doesn't start out that way. In fact, she's very much alive. But not for long. Diane's demise is necessary for a new ABC-TV series, "The Fugitive." It's about a man suspected of murdering his wife. He spends the rest of next fall's video season running from cops. THAT'S where Miss Brewster comes in. She's the wife. But as we said, not for long. David Janssen plays her husband, a doctor accused of her murder. This is a switch for David, best remembered for his video portrayal of "Richard Diamond," a private eye who chased crooks all over the nation's television screens for several years. Janssen spends the first two segments of "Fugitive" eluding the law. In the third, we see why. "WE HAVE an argument, and he leaves the house," explains Diane, who appears in the third episode as Janssen recalls the murder scene. "When he returns to the house, he sees a one-armed man running down the lawn and finds me dead on the living room floor." That's the last police see of Janssen, and we see of Miss Brewster. From then on, she'll be casually referred to as a murder victim, the only dead character to appear on a regular weekly television series. Such notoriety will make Miss Brewster's character the most talked about corpse since Lenin's. THIS IS a good part," said Diane, who doesn't want to work every week in television. "As far as the Idea of not being in the show every week is concerned, it hadn't occurred to me that I won't be able to. But I haven't worked very much since about 1961 and I don't want to. My husband and I have two children. If work is about every two or three months, that's adequate." Once Miss Brewster is disposed of, "Fugitive" writers must arrange for Janssen to escape the law every week. Because he's on the run, David gives up his medical practice and takes odd jobs, always looking over his shoulder. If David is ever caught, his show ends. But ABC-TV hopes that favorable audiences and lax law enforcement on television might keep David running for years. As for that one-armed man, keep your eye on him. He's the reason David is running.

[@thetooginator153]

I think they used some Twilight Zone music in this episode. Also, I read that Quinn Martin was a nice guy! He was a demanding producer, but (apparently) he valued the people who worked for him and those people valued him. I love hearing about good people succeeding through talent and hard work.

[@odiecalodie]

His wife is Miss Canfield from Leave It To Beaver.

[@dougsorensen7594]

Hope it doesn't get taken down for copyright reasons like what has happened in the past. Thank you.

[@clugul]

This is NOT the “Extended Pilot.” All someone has done is taken the flashback scenes filmed in June 1963 for “The Girl from Little Egypt” and tacked them onto the beginning scenes shot half a year earlier (in late Nov. & Dec. 1962) for the actual pilot, “Fear in a Desert City.” No hospital, courtroom, or extended escape scenes were filmed until after QM knew that ABC had approved the pilot to proceed for production as a new series.

[@rickobrien4025]

It looks pretty damned good to me...more than I've ever seen .

[@JohnPMitten]

Whatever this is -- I never saw it until now, so it's new to me.

[@JeanCadoret]

Thanks. I thought I was going to watch from the start on CBS Justice UK, thought I'd missed a pilot. Doesn't really matter as long as everyone knows what it is: I was 6 or 7 when episode 1 was aired, so it doesn't really matter. :-) I thought it was a reconstructed 'pilot' from missing scenes, as I thought S1E1 was missing a 'beginning', so seeing the 'stolen' clips later on will be fun! The actual Ep 1 looks very modern & fresh: looking forward to the series, both as nostalgia and appreciative of timeless good drama. :-)

[@JeanCadoret]

*6 or 7.. or older! Don't know when it was first aired in UK. :-)

[@peterhayward4876]

No!! Talking about the court scene where Richard kimball was sentenced to deaththats the add on scene just like in the movie of same name the trial scene

[@babychannel8758]

As long as you were adding scenes that were not in the pilot, you could have given the frog a closeup, a couple more croaks, something.

[@MsBackstager]

But the frog croacked.

[@georgesenda1952]

The one legged frog who got away with the murder and framed the one armed man.

[@imasonofadeadbeat2928]

I believe the frog never wanted anything to do with the show after having his scenes shortened in edit. He was never payed as much as the fellow (human) actors.

[@robertsprouse9282]

@@imasonofadeadbeat2928, South American Amazonian Rainforest Frog? Regenerated its leg?

[@richardarcher3435]

Why is it that at 9:40 a witness says he also saw the one armed man but yet Kimble is still convicted? Surely that throws the prosecution case out the window and at the least provides reasonable doubt.

[@KRIS1ONE1]

Not only that. His actual testimony isn’t until years later while Kimble was on the run.

[@MsBackstager]

@@KRIS1ONE1 Yes that was part of the Marion Ross ep.

[@clugul]

No, you’re thinking of a Season 2 episode, “Escape into Black” where Kimble has amnesia. The witness didn’t show up until Season 3’s “Trial by Fire.” That’s why this fake “extended pilot” is deceiving.

[@clugul]

The real pilot never had any flashback scenes. They all came later.

[@richardarcher3435]

@@clugul In the UK they are playing the series, one episode a day Mon - Friday. I missed the first episode but they are now replaying them all again so got it this time. They're on CBS Justice. Great series, great acting, great music, great stories, and GREAT CARS. You Americans have been so lucky in the past to have the most beautifull cars ever made. Even the compact ones. I wonder if we'll ever see such beauty on the roads ever again. At least bring back chrome and white walls.

[@tharper1961]

Kimble's house was the same as the Beaver Cleaver's and Dr. Marcus Welby house.

[@clugul]

No, it was actually a private house in the suburbs of Studio City.

[@alexkelley385]

This really set the tone…

[@Solitude47152]

While it’s only a TV Show, the main character Kimble who claims to be innocent, commits numerous serious felonies over the shows 4 yr run. Hypocrisy to the extreme.

[@williamg2552]

At 6:55 : *PAUL PICERNI* who played Federal Agent *LEE HOBSON* on *THE UNTOUCHABLES*

[@clugul]

There was never an extended pilot & there was never any footage of Gerard in the Kimble home. The quick shots of Coroner personnel removing a body are NOT from any Fugitive episode. It’s deceiving to have inserted that footage. Also, the footage of Barry & (Untouchables) actor Paul Picerni are really from episode 19, “Search in a Windy City.” You can see for yourself in the below link to that episode (just after the 40-min. mark where Gerard is interrogating the drunken wife of columnist Mike Decker in their apartment): archive.org/details/The_Fugitive_Series/The+Fugitive+TV+Series+(1963-1967)+-+Season+1/The+Fugitive+-+1x19+-+Search+in+a+Windy+City.avi

[@66KIMBLE]

Didn’t like this group of inserts. It ruins the continuity of this edit.

[@thomasnorman4221]

He was a clean cut fugitive, always wore clean clothes, kept that suitcase for years. When he ran it appeared he moved sideways....

[@williamwindomtributesite1640]

I'm impressed. Not sure how you were able to not get a strike from YT. They hit me already for a show that wasn't very popular.

[@cliffbird5016]

this is the 1st TV show Glen A Larson wrote. he went on to create, write, direct, produce or write the theme songs for loads of TV shows which include Quincy ME which he created wrote directed and produced. Knight rider, 6 million dollar man, Buck Rodgers. Magnum PI Battlestar Galactica just to name a few of his most popular shows. He didnt start writing the scripts for the Fugative till 1966. but the show went on the air in 1963 so he took over from someone else.

[@goopah]

Thanks for uploading this. Nice work. Over the years, I'd seen random episodes of this show, and loved what I saw. But until just now, I'd never seen this pilot. And it did not disappoint. Janssen was brilliant in this role, as was everyone else, including Brian Keith. Terrific writing, directing and photography as well. I need to pick up the DVD set I think, but am unsure as to which set. Apparently every release had problems according to Amazon reviews (wrong music used, defective disks, etc.). Does anyone have a recommendation? The least expensive set is listed at about $45. Would that one be okay? The next step up appears to be $120, which is a bit high for me, and that set apparently had its own problems. Can anyone tell me their buying experiences? I'd appreciate it.

[@clugul]

The music & discs have been corrected as long as you buy from a primary distributor like Amazon, Walmart, Target, Deep Discount, etc. Don’t buy from eBay or private sellers. Currently, Deep Discount has the best price. It’s on back order but expected in soon: $45.99 & 10% off with code SANDSHARK (& free shipping) www.deepdiscount.com/the-fugitive-the-complete-series/032429219152

[@goopah]

@@clugul This is exactly the information I was asking for. Thank you, @clugul!

[@JohnPMitten]

I just saved it to Real Player. Try that.

[@sohara....]

Library may have copy.

[@lauribricker9439]

Imagine the frog croaking "bud-wise-er" Bud-Wise-Er! Like in the commercial for Budweiser beer.

[@ahmadbinfadzil8258]

Beautiful Vera Miles when she was young.

[@georgesenda1952]

Now you have to show id to check in except for in the seediest hotels though you can rent a room without id month to month.

[@matthewbulger2549]

In the four years "The Fugitive " ,was on ABC-TV from 1963-1967 , I was surprised these 3 prolific character actors did not make any guest appearances on this classic series.Simon Oakland, Nehemiah Persoff,and Harold J. Stone. Do you agree? I await your reply.

[@robertsprouse9282]

They had both arms?

[@rickobrien4025]

Gerard knew all along that Kimble was innocent. He was just too gun-ho as a detective to carry out the directive of the court .

[@MsBackstager]

Also Lt. G felt sorry for Dr K and respected and kind of liked him.

[@janeyd5280]

@@MsBackstager Kimble also saved Gerard's life.

[@MsBackstager]

@@janeyd5280 At least 6x if you include Lt. G's family members.

[@MsBackstager]

@@6or1 What book?

[@thetooginator153]

Wait! There was a WITNESS who saw the one-armed-man in the street in front of Kimble’s house? If I was a juror, that would be an instant “not guilty” from me.

[@tonyladokguy8985]

The show was well written and acted, but its popularity was based on presenting viewers with the ultimate fantasy: being able to run away and hide from the responsibilities and tedium of daily life. Richard Kimble no longer had to pay a mortgage, answer to superiors, face his job pressures or put his family first in all his decisions. Not that he would have chosen this scenario, but since it was thrust on him, he did not have to feel guilt about being truly free.

[@kurtkauffman4326]

William Conrad dubbed the Narration of this Episode.

[@prycerobertson4695]

The scenes with the gray-haired Kimble are taken from "The Girl from Little Egypt", the show's 14th episode.

[@johnraymond-pz9bo]

It just started for me, and I don't want anything else bad to happen to them

[@edwardnakagawa3554]

* BRIAN KEITH, HE'S BEEN IN SOME GOOD MOVIES, HIMSELF !

[@XXSTEAKYXX]

For anybody that thats a fan of the Fugitive, there is an Anime inspired adaptation called Monster by Naoki Urasawa

[@David-pn7gh]

David Janssen deserves all kinds of credit! Richard Diamond among other roles both as a good guy and a bad guy. There was a time when they were going to catch the one armed guy but fans wrote in and said NO! NOT YET! So it continued awhile longer. Can you imagine that a town like Crawfordville can spare one of their detectives to traipse all over the Nation to find a fugitive? Maybe Crawfordville doesn't have any crime LMAO!!!!

[@quincycampbell9828]

Bicker and moan all you want over Ghostbusters '16. The real injustice was The Fugitive '93!

[@robertszvetics210]

It would be nice if this was on the box set.

[@JohnFleming-sw7hn]

They could've just adopted children at least tried too! Not every orphan adopted kids inst bad!

[@KindaLikeWater]

I'm sorry, but this is absolutely horrendous. You've done a very skillful job of butchering television history. The story was told the way it was originally told, for a reason. You've changed all that. Sadly, people watching this video of yours won't know how you've rearranged scenes and episodes, and removed very masterful narration that helped make the series what it was. Just because technology makes it possible to do something, doesn't mean you SHOULD. What you've done is an absolute disgrace, and disrespectful of the original work. I do hope you'll consider re-working this, to restore and respect the original work.

[@thomasnorman4221]

That 1960 mercury needs shocks

[@landofthesilverpath5823]

David Lynch's favorite tv show!

[@rustynails5797]

the glass crashed before he hit it around 12:12

[@ShakespeareCafe]

Chicago doesn't have mountains....

[@ssbeebs]

@ 13:05 Hear The Glass Window Break ----- But Had Not Broken it Yet !!!

[@aquillafleetwood4209]

My twin brother was...stillborn....

[@joanshannon5385]

Nice Aran sweater she has there.

[@markphillips8097]

Well he had to be there to see the boy at that time,and the boy confirmed that he was there,so only way he could know the boy was there was to be looking at him ,so really he had the alibi

[@darylcumming7119]

❤.

[@danceswithcomicbooks7733]

This is not the pilot episide. Lol. It's the events that flashbacks in episode 14. Don't fall for this guys crappy edits.

[@frankthetank1369]

Running you'll never find the man with one arm. I hope he's a lefty.

[@coolmoncur]

How did Gerard get out of the handcuffs without his arm being torn off?

[@tonydoherty2190]

I didn't know kermit the frog got his first break in the fugitive

[@charlessalley5395]

All these aliases kimble running in ten diffent states

[@dikshantkaliya832]

Can you please upload all the episodes?

[@michelarezzi1139]

bonjour à tous ou trouver la serie complète 1963 en français merci

[@babychannel8758]

You added scenes from other TV shows or movies.

[@clugul]

THE EVIL FAMILY This backstory was all first shown in episode 14, “The Girl from Little Egypt.” You can watch it at this link. You can fast-forward to 15:00 to see Kimble sentenced. archive.org/details/The_Fugitive_Series/The+Fugitive+TV+Series+(1963-1967)+-+Season+1/The+Fugitive+-+1x14+-+The+Girl+from+Little+Egypt.avi

[@clugul]

@Terry Hawkins Please note the person who edited this is misleading you. He is inserting other footage from different sources. There was never any footage of Gerard in the Kimble home. The quick shots of Barry & (Untouchables) actor Paul Picerni are from the episode “Search in a Windy City.” You can see for yourself in this link to that episode (just after the 40-min. mark where Gerard is interrogating the drunken wife of columnist Mike Decker in their apartment): archive.org/details/The_Fugitive_Series/The+Fugitive+TV+Series+(1963-1967)+-+Season+1/The+Fugitive+-+1x19+-+Search+in+a+Windy+City.avi

[@paulahartsock4041]

Was that David Janssen's real hair?

[@b_apalmer5444]

His real hair was black and then started to get graying on the sides.

[@1dollarten]

It had a cheap dye job ( more like painted silver ) for the intro