- Film Review
- Reviewed By John Ferguson
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4 out of 5
The original TV series of The Fugitive starring David Janssen ran for 120 episodes in the 1960s and attracted a cult following. This big-screen adaptation bears little resemblance to its source, but for once this is a blessing. Director Andrew Davis takes the bare bones of the TV material and comes up with an unstoppable juggernaut here, in which the suspense never lets up and the set pieces (notably the spectacular train crash and Harrison Ford's daredevil dive into the dam) are truly epic. Ford is fine as the innocent surgeon who is wrongfully convicted of the murder of his wife and sets off to find the real killer. But the movie is stolen from under his nose by Tommy Lee Jones, who gives an Oscar-winning performance as the marshal doggedly pursuing the wanted man.
Plot Summary
Thriller starring Harrison Ford and Tommy Lee Jones. Despite protesting his innocence, Richard Kimble is sentenced to death for the murder of his wife. En route to prison, he is caught up in a disastrous escape attempt, and finds himself on the run. In order to clear his name, he must find the mysterious one-armed man with whom he struggled on the night of the murder, but the law is hot on his trail.
Cast and crew
Cast
- Dr Richard Kimble
- Harrison Ford
- Deputy Marshal Samuel Gerard
- Tommy Lee Jones
- Helen Kimble
- Sela Ward
- Dr Anne Eastman
- Julianne Moore
- Cosmo Renfro
- Joe Pantoliano
- Sykes
- Andreas Katsulas
- Dr Charles Nichols
- Jeroen Krabbé
- Biggs
- Daniel Roebuck
- Poole
- L Scott Caldwell
- Newman
- Tom Wood
- Detective Kelly
- Ron Dean
- Detective Rosetti
- Joseph Kosala
- Chicago cop
- Miguel Nino
- Chicago cop
- Tony Fosco
- Otto Sloan
- Joseph F Fisher
- Paul
- James Liautuad
- Dr Lentz
- David Darlow
- Surgeon
- Tom Galouzis
- Surgeon
- James F McKinsey
- Dr Kath Wahlund
- Jane Lynch
Crew
- Director
- Andrew Davis
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