Noted surgeon Richard Kimble in a character rather obviously based on the real
life Dr. Sam Sheppard has been sentenced to die in the electric chair for killing
his wife. But as he was being transported to the state death house there was a
trainwreck which freed Kimble. He became the protagonist for TV's The Fugitive.
While keeping on the run David Janssen who plays Kimble scrapes by for a meager existence while hunting for a one armed man who Janssen said he saw leaving his house, but whose existence can't be proved.
The Hippocratic Oath that KImble took as a doctor gets him in trouble a lot because every other episode he encounters someone in need of medical assistance. It's hard to stay ahead of the law, especially if the pursuer is Lt. Gerard who is played by Barry Morse.
Good thing The Fugitive ran for only 4 seasons. How many narrow escapes could he realistically have. And Barry Morse was after awhile looking like Wile E. Coyote.
It was a great show while it lasted.
While keeping on the run David Janssen who plays Kimble scrapes by for a meager existence while hunting for a one armed man who Janssen said he saw leaving his house, but whose existence can't be proved.
The Hippocratic Oath that KImble took as a doctor gets him in trouble a lot because every other episode he encounters someone in need of medical assistance. It's hard to stay ahead of the law, especially if the pursuer is Lt. Gerard who is played by Barry Morse.
Good thing The Fugitive ran for only 4 seasons. How many narrow escapes could he realistically have. And Barry Morse was after awhile looking like Wile E. Coyote.
It was a great show while it lasted.