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TV Series
The Resume
(September 17, 1963-August 29, 1967)
Originally aired on ABC
David Janssen as Dr. Richard Kimble
Barry Morse as Lt. Philip Gerard
Bill Raisch as Fred Johnson (The One-Armed Man)
Narrated by William Conrad
Premise: A doctor, falsely convicted of his wife’s murder, escapes and pursues his wife’s real killer as he eludes authorities
Why Fugitive might be annoying
It was shot in black-and-white its first three seasons, then switched to color for its fourth and final season.
It probably caused people to be suspicious of those missing limbs.
There is a false rumor that claims that an alternate ending shows Kimble removing a fake arm, revealing him to be the true killer.
CBS produced an unnecessary and short-lived remake of the series (1999).
Despite the many similarities to the Sam Shepard case, creator Roy Huggins has persistently denied that he based the show on that case.
It's poor performance in syndications and reruns are blamed on the show having a conclusive ending.
Why Fugitive might not be annoying
Fans who met Raisch commented on how he faked missing an arm, unaware that he really is a one-armed man.
It inspired a 1993 hit movie of the same name starring Harrison Ford and Tommy Lee Jones.
When the movie was released, both the series premiere and finale were shown on NBC, which is rare for a then-30-year-old show.
The climatic finale of the show was the highest-rated episode in television history until Dallas’ episode ‘Who Shot J.R’ surpassed it thirteen years later.
The concept has been frequently imitated in later shows.
TV Guide named it the best dramatic series of the 1960s (1993) and #36 on its ’50 Best Shows of All Time’ list (2002).
It was one of the first TV dramas to actually resolve itself with a conclusive ending.
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Year In Review:
For 2021, as of last week, Out of 90 Votes: 1.11% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 89 Votes: 41.57% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 27 Votes: 51.85% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 8 Votes: 37.50% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 9 Votes: 11.11% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 19 Votes: 15.79% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 15 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 32 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 17 Votes: 29.41% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 15 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 25 Votes: 28.00% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 32 Votes: 37.50% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 34 Votes: 26.47% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 68 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 152 Votes: 48.68% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 253 Votes: 42.29% Annoying
In 2004, Out of 64 Votes: 28.12% Annoying
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