FUGITIVE, THE {ORIGINAL SERIES}: ESCAPE INTO BLACK (TV)
Summary
One in this series of dramas about Dr. Richard Kimble, an innocent man convicted of his wife's murder. Unable to prove his innocence, Kimble escapes en route to prison and searches for the one-armed man who he believes to be the murderer. In this episode, Kimble stops at a roadside diner in search of the one-armed man, but a kitchen fire triggers an explosion that leaves the fugitive suffering from amnesia. As he recuperates in the hospital, neither the hospital staff nor the fugitive himself can ascertain his identity. Dr. Towne gives the amnesia patient a truth serum in the hopes of learning who he is and restoring his memory. Meanwhile, hospital welfare worker Miss Ruskin initiates a search for the one-armed man, who Kimble reportedly asked about on the night of the explosion. Although she finds the one-armed man working in a diner, he quickly disappears. When authorities realize that the amnesiac is a wanted criminal, Miss Ruskin tries to convince Kimble that he should disappear as well. Weary and dazed, Kimble phones Lt. Gerard, promising to surrender if the lieutenant will meet him at a train station near the site of the crime. Commercials deleted.
Details
- NETWORK: ABC
- DATE: November 17, 1964 10:00 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 0:46:53
- COLOR/B&W: B&W
- CATALOG ID: T:15577
- GENRE: Drama, mystery/suspense
- SUBJECT HEADING: Drama, mystery/suspense; Crime and criminals
- SERIES RUN: ABC - TV series, 1963-1967
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- Quinn Martin … Executive Producer
- Alan A. Armer … Producer
- Wiiliam D. Gordon … Associate Producer
- Jerry Hopper … Director
- Roy Huggins … Created by
- Larry Cohen … Writer
- Peter Rugolo … Music by
- David Janssen … Cast, Dr. Richard Kimble
- Barry Morse … Cast, Lt. Philip Gerard
- Betty Garrett … Cast, Margaret Ruskin
- Ivan Dixon … Cast, Dr. Towne
- Maxine Stuart … Cast, Nurse Proctor
- Bernard Kates … Cast, Lascoe
- Donald Barry … Cast, Checker
- Tom Troupe … Cast, Dr. Bloch
- Herb Vigran … Cast, Marty
- Paul Birch … Cast, Capt. Carpenter
- Bill Raisch … Cast, the One-Armed Man