The Fugitive

Watch: The Fugitive

PG-13

8/6/19932h 11m

Theatrical Release (US)

~ A murdered wife. A one-armed man. An obsessed detective. The chase begins. ~

Overview:

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.

Director:

Andrew Davis

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$44,000,000.00

Revenue:

$183,875,799.00

Key words:

chicago, illinois
escape
chase
doomed man
surgeon
death sentence
u.s. marshal
flashback
remake
betrayal
fugitive
on the run
conspiracy
police corruption
doctor
home invasion
disguise
one armed man
framed for murder
shocking
action hero
manhunt
suspicious
suspenseful
dubious

Cast

Harrison Ford

~ as ~

Richard Kimble

Tommy Lee Jones

~ as ~

Samuel Gerard

Joe Pantoliano

~ as ~

Cosmo Renfro

Jeroen Krabbé

~ as ~

Charles Nichols

Daniel Roebuck

~ as ~

Biggs

L. Scott Caldwell

~ as ~

Poole

Tom Wood

~ as ~

Newman

Ron Dean

~ as ~

Detective Kelly

Joseph F. Kosala

~ as ~

Detective Rosetti

Andreas Katsulas

~ as ~

Frederick Sykes

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Reviews (1)

Wuchak
Written 6 year(s) ago
8
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-