The Fugitive
Fear in a Desert City
Season 1, Episode 1 · Aired 1963-09-17
Synopsis
After being on the run for 6 months, Richard Kimble falls in love with a beautiful woman who has a young son. She also has a physically abusive, estranged husband, that wants Kimble out of town, or dead.
Pilot desk note
From the desk: The Fugitive opens its catalog run with “Fear in a Desert City” (1963-09-17). Serialized manhunt as national event — the ancestor of 'appointment finales.' David Janssen's intensity and the frenzy around the last episode are early viral TV.
In the series
This episode is part of The Fugitive (1963–1967) on ABC.
One-armed man mythology and a finale that stopped America.
Key cast
- David Janssen as Dr. Richard Kimble
- Barry Morse as Lt. Philip Gerard
- Bill Raisch as The One-Armed Man