The Fugitive (1963) s02e12 Episode Script
Detour on a Road Going Nowhere
Ah.
Leave him.
He's stays there.
( dramatic theme playing ) Tod, for heaven's sake.
Be quiet.
Now this man can have any reasonable comforts that don't endanger the rest of us.
Hey, Dad, you're a real tiger.
Stay away from him until the police arrive.
Is that understood? Well, you certainly come on strong.
Maybe you'd be more comfortable on the bus.
No.
I-- I think it's kind of exciting out here.
Stop! TOD: I could have shot you dead.
I tried to escape and you stopped me.
Now isn't that something to be proud of? I'd like to turn you over alive.
But try another break and I'll kill you.
NARRATOR: ( dramatic theme playing ) A QM Production.
Starring David Janssen as Dr.
Richard Kimble.
An innocent victim of blind justice, falsely convicted for the murder of his wife, reprieved by fate when a train wreck freed him en route to the death house.
Freed him to hide in lonely desperation, to change his identity, to toil at many jobs.
Freed him to search for a one-armed man he saw leave the scene of the crime.
Freed him to run before the relentless pursuit of the police lieutenant obsessed with his capture.
ANNOUNCER: The guest stars in tonight's story: Lee Bowman, Elizabeth Allen, Phyllis Thaxter.
ANNOUNCER: ( mysterious theme playing ) Hey.
Now, put it back.
It belongs to a friend of mine.
( suspenseful theme playing ) Catch, fink.
NARRATOR: Never chase a thief.
Not if your own fear of capture is probably greater than his.
Even in the fashionable remoteness of Indian Lake Lodge, that fear haunts this clerk, who calls himself Stu Manning.
In other times, Richard Kimble might have enjoyed vacationing here.
But there is no vacation for a fugitive.
( suspenseful theme playing ) Who is it? I'm almost afraid to say.
( sighs ) Get out of here, Stu.
I already have a headache.
Can I fix you a cup of coffee? After last night? No thanks.
You'd probably poison it.
Now, I have no hard feelings about last night.
To prove that I'll even fix your tire for you.
My tire? You've got a flat tire.
Here, lock this up.
Somebody tried to steal it.
But, uh-- I've got to go to Hazelton today.
I-- I can't have a flat.
You got a spare? I don't have a spare anything.
Well, I'm sure you'll think of a way to get your friend in Hazelton to buy you one.
Bob, where's Manning? He says he's going to check the heater at the pool, Mr.
Platt and then go up and close cottage 12.
Uh, go get him, will you? Bring him in.
I want to see him right away.
Andy, step in here a minute, will you? Heh.
( ladies giggle ) ( giggles ) Yay.
We won.
We won.
Yeah, I got the prize.
Hey, I'm sorry we beat you so bad.
You want a return match later? ( giggles ) Well, you got a good forehand but we ought to do a little work on your overhand.
Now, don't What do you mean "don't"? WOMAN: I'm going to go change for a swim.
I'll see you later, doll.
( suspenseful theme playing ) Excuse me, Mrs.
Langner, uh, have you seen Stuart Manning? No, I haven't.
Are you all right, Mr.
Langner? Ah.
Yeah, I, uh-- My, uh-- My shoelace was loose.
Yeah, I-- I'm fine, thanks.
Hi.
We played five sets.
Sit down, Tod.
You look exhausted.
Oh, uh, Mr.
Street.
Would you be good enough to prepare my bill? I've decided to check out.
Yes, Mrs.
Langner, right away.
Mr.
Langner.
Enid, why? We were going to stay two weeks.
For the first time in 16 years we'd agreed on something.
( ladies giggle in background) Are you, uh, going to swim with your playmates or do you want to have some lunch? I've lost my appetite.
Poor, dear, you tire so easily.
I was going hunting tomorrow.
Hunting or chasing, darling? What is it, Enid? Jealousy.
Can't you ever say what you mean without the innuendoes? It's all right, Tod, you've reached middle age.
That's not a disease, it's a fact of nature.
And I can't stay here and watch you trying to prove you're still a rollicking youth.
It's too embarrassing for both of us.
So I'm leaving.
Oh, but you stay if you want to, please.
I might take you up on that.
It's your vacation, really.
Only, darling, eat something.
Something with lots of protein.
Hey, Stu, did you see Mr.
Platt? They're looking for you.
Who's looking for me? Hi, uh, Manning.
Would you, uh, step inside, please? You know Sheriff Hornbeck, don't you, Manning? Uh, Manning is it? That's right.
Stu, the safe was robbed last night.
They got everything.
I think it happened while you were on duty.
Do you know anything about this, Mr.
Manning? No, I, uh-- I brought in the money from the bar in the restaurant, uh, in here about 11.
Then, uh, you know the combination? No, the safe was open.
Open? Well, uh.
I was in here at that time.
I never leave the safe open unless I'm in the office.
Did you let anyone in Mr.
Manning? Mr.
Platt had a couple of friends in.
Well, yeah, Frank and George came by.
We went over to Eddie's house and played a little poker.
Well, there was a-a young kid in the parking lot just now, uh-- I chased him off.
He was trying to rob a car and-- Well, that's a coincidence.
Car thieves and safe-crackers seldom mix.
Now, whoever did this wouldn't hang around.
Unless, of course, it, uh, was an inside job.
We're taking fingerprints, Mr.
Manning.
Whoever did it probably wiped the prints off the safe but we might come up with something.
Do you mind? No.
Take him outside and do that, will you, Andy? We'll get Mr.
Platt and Mr.
Street a little later just for comparison in case we find a strange one on the safe.
Jess, did you and the boys get snockered last night? Well, I, uh I did a little drinking later on, Carl, but that has nothing to do with this.
You know, I, uh-- I could lose my job over this, you know.
This could finish me.
Mr.
Street.
Now, we should get answers back from Cheyenne on those prints by say, uh, 5:00.
Now, no one should leave the hotel before then without permission.
Mr.
Street, when you're finished here I'd like you to get the names of anybody who checked out since noon yesterday.
Andy, I'll take over.
Get the equipment out of the car.
We'll dust the safe.
Put your finger right down there.
Clean it off.
Use this here.
Yes, h-hello, this is Stu Manning at the Lodge.
Would you send the bus, please? One of our guests would like to leave.
A landslide? How soon can you-- Yes, thank you, uh, that'll be fine.
Trouble? Oh, uh, they've reported some landslides on the road.
Yeah, I know.
Who'd you call? Well, our shuttle service to Hazelton.
One of our guests, Miss Crowell, has to get there this afternoon.
Is the bus coming up? Yes, about 3:00, uh, if they get the road cleared.
I hope we don't get stuck up here.
I've got to bowl in a tournament tonight.
Bye, doll.
I'll see you sometime.
Hold my mail.
I'll be back in a couple of days.
Yes, ma'am.
Was I supposed to wait for you? Uh, no, something came up.
Uh, thanks for stopping.
Find yourself a seat in the back and, uh, fasten your safety belt.
This road was like an obstacle course coming up.
Well, you don't always miss the bus, do you, Galahad? Well, I got a call.
My sister's sick.
I'm sorry.
Hey, why did that cop search my bag when I left the hotel? Did they go through your things? The, uh, lodge was robbed last night.
No kidding.
They don't know who? TOD: No, it's anybody's guess.
All kinds of people coming and going up here.
Do you need an alibi, Galahad? No, thanks.
I can just hear you telling them where you were between, say, uh, 6 and 10.
Hah.
Louanne, I don't want to spoil anything for you.
You got my opinion because you insisted on it.
Now, I'd like to just forget about it.
All right? Ooh.
Oh, this is going to be a lovely little trip.
He said he'd be in his room, that's all.
In his room, that's all.
Well, he wasn't on the bus.
I was there when it-- Sheriff? Andy.
Say, something interesting happened here.
You know Stu Manning, the clerk? Yeah, well, sheriff, he's disappeared.
( suspenseful theme playing ) I hate to obligate myself, but I need a light.
Watch this.
Would you enjoy sitting further back in the bus, dear? The older they are, the younger they wish.
You're differentnow.
Wait till you lose that fatal charm.
Hah.
Ah, I can see you married to some tedious matron, peeking behind her back at the legs that got away.
What are you looking forward to, Louanne? Long skirts.
Would you like to spend a few days with Tom and Ethel at Carmel? Now, why ask what I'd like to do? Are you pouting? No, this is getting to be par for the course.
I told you you were welcome to stay at Indian Lake.
I meant it.
Thanks, Enid.
I was waiting for that.
This time I think I'll take you up on it.
I'm putting you on the train at Hazelton and I'm going back.
All right, dear.
After all, it is your vacation.
Yeah, you said that before.
You know, you've got a great routine, Enid.
You deliver these ultimatums, then you try to cover up with a nice gesture.
I think I'll go in the back and have a smoke.
Excuse me.
Hang on.
( dramatic theme playing ) Well, what do you figure it is? A landslide? Wasn't here when I, uh, come up.
Huh.
Well, what do we do now? I don't know.
Uh, looks like somebody's already gone to make a report.
Well, now, look, I've got to get to Hazelton.
Get back in the bus and let me get us out of here.
MAN: Hey, champ.
That your car? Yeah, what's left of it.
Hey, what's the chances of me bumming a ride, huh? All right.
You want to help me guide this thing while I turn it around? You got yourself a deal.
( engine starts) ( suspenseful theme playing ) ( honks ) How's your golf game, fink? You can take one of the canyon roads, driver.
Well, I don't know.
They're pretty rough.
You called the cops, didn't you? No.
Well, isn't that strange.
The hills are full of them.
Somebody robbed the hotel safe.
All right, that wasn't me, but this is.
Now, I've got to get to Hazelton and blow this scene.
So you keep your mouth shut, you dig? ( suspenseful theme playing ) Yes, sir.
Yes, I will.
No, sir.
No.
Well, how was I to know or-- Or you either, for that matter.
Well, I don't know.
We've searched all over here.
ANDY: Well, it depends if he's on foot or how he's moving.
Yes, sir.
Yes, all right.
I'll tell them.
Wait a minute.
I'll talk to-- He rung off.
( sighs ) I should've talked to him.
I found the money.
You what? You see, I remember it now.
Uh, although I don't exactly.
You see, uh, Frank and George came by here, picked me up but I guess we had a few drinks here before we went over to Eddie's house.
It, uh, was in the desk.
I've never put it in there before.
( sighs ) You sure it's all there? Well, I'll-- I'll count it, sure.
Isn't that funny? I mean, here I was thinking Stu Manning, you know-- That's a hot one.
Manning.
What? Sheriff Hornbeck got an answer from those prints we sent to Cheyenne.
It seems your Mr.
Stuart Manning is somebody else entirely.
( suspenseful theme playing ) Driver, don't you think we should go back to the Lodge and report the slide? No, we can make it, lady.
The canyon roads are rough, but-- Look, I've got to get to Hazelton.
Well, we could make telephone calls from the Lodge.
Better make up our mind pretty quick.
Mrs.
Langner.
We're all in a hurry.
Driver, if you feel the roads aren't that dangerous-- No, I'm game to try it if you are.
Better all keep our seats, though.
Don't want anyone hurt.
Tod, please speak to the driver.
We might all go over a cliff and be killed.
Enid, the boy wants to go through the canyon and he's carrying a gun.
Know what you are, Mom? You're the prettiest girl on the bus.
But you been outvoted this time.
Slide it over, baby doll.
You I'll sit beside.
Beat it, punk.
You see what I mean? That's your seat.
Where's your golf clubs, fink? You don't want any more trouble, do you, kid? Oh, what a wise guy you are.
Well, I have met all the types.
I can now safely say it.
All types.
Punks like him I can handle ten days a week but you are something else.
What are you, a compulsive rover boy? Well, maybe I was saving him from you.
He's safe.
Unless, of course, you think he'd be willing to pay my hotel bill.
( music playing over radio ) NEWSCASTER ( over radio ): Back to the music in five minutes.
Now the hourly newsbreak with Wes Haritage.
First, a report from the Legal Conference in London.
Word from General Milton B.
Hanson Can you change that station? Get some music or something.
and to the United States, whose security is dependent upon the system of Western Alliances.
If control of the seas is added to the vast Soviet land powers, says the General, the problem of deterrence becomes impossible, even with our ( tires screech ) great nuclear delivery capability.
( crashes and stops ) In the National News, Senator Gormley announced today in Cheyenne that he is petitioning the Senate Appropriations Committee for two percent Well, we just busted the axle on that rock.
( radio announcement continues in background ) Ugh.
Can it be fixed? DRIVER: No, lady, not here.
LOUANNE: Well, can we get help? Well, there's a ranger station in this canyon somewhere And emergency telephones up along the road-- I'll, uh.
I'll go down the canyon, you hike up the road.
If we find a phone we'll call for help.
You stay with the women.
( continuing ): that a clerk who worked at Indian Lake Lodge under the name of Stuart Manning is in truth convicted wife-slayer Richard Kimble, former Indiana doctor.
Kimble disappeared from the lodge some time this afternoon, during investigation of a robbery which was later solved.
Fingerprints of possible suspects were taken, and his among them.
Kimble is thought to be somewhere between Indian Lake and Hazelton.
Police have blocked the canyon roads and are conducting a thorough search.
His capture is expected soon.
( dramatic theme playing ) TOD: Stop.
MAN ( over radio ): Car 6.
Calling car 6, come in, please.
Car 6.
Calling car 6, come in, please.
Andy here.
Well, they started work on the slide now.
No sign of Kimble.
Guess I'll take a ride down some canyon roads, okay? Over.
MAN ( over radio ): Roger, Andy.
Over and listening out.
TOD: How long will it take to find help? DRIVER: I don't know, uh.
Two, three hours.
Maybe longer.
Your wife wants to talk to you.
Oww.
TOD: See what's wrong with his leg.
I know what's wrong with it.
That lousy fink twisted my knee.
Tod.
Go talk to her, bwana.
She's really shook up.
I'll handle this.
With fiendish delight.
Well, sing out if he starts to run.
I'll keep the gun.
Stu, you'll never know how much I've wanted to hurt you.
Take me out of here, Tod.
That's all I'm asking.
You can go with the driver.
Please.
"Please", Enid? Isn't that my word? Let the driver stay here.
It's his bus.
But he's my prisoner.
But you know nothing about guns and hoodlums.
Guns fire bullets, bullets kill.
Everybody knows that.
He can't walk.
Hold it.
I'll walk on it.
Just give me a little time, will you? Ah, never mind.
Enid, the driver is leaving.
Do you want to go with him? Better off alone, uh.
I'll make it twice as fast.
Let him go.
Call the sheriff as soon as you find a phone.
Man, you never know I mean, you don't look the type, you know.
I hate to disappoint you, but I didn't kill anyone.
Sure.
The radio told a little white lie, that's all.
Let's forget it.
Hey, uh, when did this happen? I mean, when did you do it? What difference does it make? Hey, man.
I'm on your side.
I mean, you're on the run, right? Hey, I bet you've been giving the heat a real cute time, huh? I've stayed alive.
Hey, you know, uh, you're the one and only guy that's ever caught me stealing.
( laughs ) Isn't that a laugh? My boy, he's an unpredictable man.
I don't want anyone to get hurt so stay away from him.
Yeah, you caught yourself a real big one, Dad.
Dead or alive, he's a real monster.
MAN ( over radio ): Car 6.
Calling car 6.
Come in, please.
Andy here.
Car 6 to headquarters.
MAN: Andy, that shuttle bus from the lodge has never come back.
They just reported it missing.
You sure Kimble wasn't on it? Over.
Yes, sheriff, I'm sure.
And I've checked all but three roads.
I just don't see any bus.
Keep looking, Andy, and keep a close check with me.
Roger.
Is that all the wood you could find? I could've got more, Dad, if my knee wasn't all loused up.
Do you know what I've been doing for over an hour? Trying to figure out why I hit you like that.
I've never hit a man before in my life.
What does that mean? It means you don't need any practice.
You do pretty well.
Sure, uh, when your hands are tied.
Well, am I supposed to believe that, uh, you'd be afraid of me if they weren't tied? Why don't you try believing I'm sorry? For-- For hitting me? Forget it.
No.
I was really thinking about last night.
I started that fight.
Why? I chased you out because, in the first place, I can't risk a poor man.
In the second place, if you had stayed and walked out-- I can't risk a broken heart, either.
KIMBLE: Why didn't you say that last night? Maybe I was scared.
And now you're not? No.
Now I'm protected by the law.
From a convicted killer.
From the gentlest man I ever knew.
You weren't kidding last night.
You know what kind of woman you need and you were reaching out for her.
Part of what hurt me was that I'm not that woman.
That wife of yours may have given you some headaches but you didn't kill her, Galahad.
You loved her.
Wow.
Miss Crowell, it's warmer over here.
He stays there.
Ah.
Leave him.
He stays there.
Tod, for heaven's sake.
Be quiet.
Now, this man can have any reasonable comforts that don't endanger the rest of us.
Hey, Dad, you're a real tiger.
Stay away from him until the police arrive.
Is that understood? ENID: You're not a bully.
Stop behaving like one just because you have a gun in your hand.
TOD: Shut up, Enid.
Please respect me just like the others are doing.
Give me the pistol, and then ask for my respect.
This man is a convicted murderer.
Isn't that enough? You're gloating like an evil little boy.
I don't want your approval.
Just don't interfere.
Well, you certainly come on strong.
Maybe you'd be more comfortable on the bus.
LOUANNE: Oh, no, I-- I think it's kind of exciting out here.
Stop.
TOD: I could have shot you dead.
I tried to escape And you stopped me.
Now, isn't that something to be proud of? I'd like to turn you over alive.
Try another break and I'll kill you.
Hello? Hello! Hello.
Yeah, hello, hello, hello.
Well, this is the driver of the shuttle bus from Hazelton that went to Indian Lake.
I want to report an emergency.
( dramatic theme playing ) LOUANNE: I want to get a sweater, okay? You sure quit fast when that gun went off.
Louanne, I have to stay alive.
There's someone I have to find.
Untie me.
I can't.
He's watching.
Maybe I can get him to give me the gun.
No, forget it.
I don't want him to hurt you.
Why did you have to be a nice guy? Miss Crowell? In a second.
There must be some way.
Try to get that kid to come in here.
I think I know enough about him to make some kind of a deal.
Louanne Hmm? Be careful of Langner.
Galahad, any chance I take is for the only good reason I've ever had.
I can't figure that Kimble out.
I don't even know why I bothered to try.
He's smooth, baby.
He keeps his cool.
Would you help me with this, please? Kimble wants to talk to you.
Go on inside.
Sweetheart, Big Daddy's not going to let nobody get on that bus.
Try.
How much longer do you think we're going to be here? Ah, not much, I hope.
The police should be here soon.
Here you are.
Egh.
I'm still chilly.
Ohh.
Oh! Enid.
I don't want anyone on the bus with him.
I'm quite uncomfortable out here.
We all are.
Now, please sit down.
I don't know, it's not really fun, but it's not as bad as it might be.
Got a cigarette? Mrs.
Langner, why don't you put a stop to that.
Anything I do will make it worse.
Well, he is your husband.
This isn't new.
He's just a little angrier at me than usual.
And she's in love with you.
Well, I think I'll go out and get some wood for the fire before it goes out.
Want to come? I won't go far.
Man, here I am, young and eager.
Nothing.
She goes for you, man.
I guess it's true, huh? They feel safer with older men.
If he tries to make a break, shoot him, do you hear? Don't take any chances.
Shoot him.
You're the boss, Dad.
I'll, uh, help Miss Crowell.
Untie me.
I'll bring them back.
Isn't that what you planned? I didn't plan for this to happen.
I asked you to stop them and you wouldn't.
Hi, Kemo Sabe.
Tonto get message.
My husband pretends to be a hero.
I know your girl is out there laughing at him now.
Laughing at me.
All right, Mom.
No.
I think I have a laugh or two coming myself.
When she gets back she's going to find out her little scheme didn't work.
Come on.
Man, I never counted on that chick.
Now, go, man.
All right, Mom, now, when Big Daddy gets back you tell him what happened and you let him-- Now, drop the knife.
Man, what's wrong with you? I waited an hour to do you a favor.
I'm on your side.
I don't want you on my side.
Why you lousy-- Now, drop the knife or I'll pull the trigger.
Go on.
Now, get out of here.
Here.
If he comes back, use it.
Go on.
( suspenseful theme playing ) ( mysterious theme playing ) And you don't have any idea where he went? He ran that way.
That's all I know.
All right.
Now, there's two more cars coming.
I'll radio one and have him pick up your passengers.
Come on, Andy.
He'll stay clear of the roads.
Oh, darkness will hold him up.
I'll have every officer in the area out there with their flashlight inside of 20 minutes.
You didn't put up much of a battle, did you, Mrs.
Langner? You didn't let my husband find you, did you, Miss Crowell? No.
But what if I had? I think you can answer that.
Richard Kimble got away.
That's my answer.
And he wasn't even in love with you.
Enid, the driver says the police are coming back to pick us up.
We better get our stuff together and be ready.
Yes, dear.
NARRATOR: The difference between good and bad, between love and hate, is often elusive.
The difference between life and death for Richard Kimble is always simply his freedom to remain a fugitive.
( suspenseful theme playing ) ( dramatic theme playing )
Leave him.
He's stays there.
( dramatic theme playing ) Tod, for heaven's sake.
Be quiet.
Now this man can have any reasonable comforts that don't endanger the rest of us.
Hey, Dad, you're a real tiger.
Stay away from him until the police arrive.
Is that understood? Well, you certainly come on strong.
Maybe you'd be more comfortable on the bus.
No.
I-- I think it's kind of exciting out here.
Stop! TOD: I could have shot you dead.
I tried to escape and you stopped me.
Now isn't that something to be proud of? I'd like to turn you over alive.
But try another break and I'll kill you.
NARRATOR: ( dramatic theme playing ) A QM Production.
Starring David Janssen as Dr.
Richard Kimble.
An innocent victim of blind justice, falsely convicted for the murder of his wife, reprieved by fate when a train wreck freed him en route to the death house.
Freed him to hide in lonely desperation, to change his identity, to toil at many jobs.
Freed him to search for a one-armed man he saw leave the scene of the crime.
Freed him to run before the relentless pursuit of the police lieutenant obsessed with his capture.
ANNOUNCER: The guest stars in tonight's story: Lee Bowman, Elizabeth Allen, Phyllis Thaxter.
ANNOUNCER: ( mysterious theme playing ) Hey.
Now, put it back.
It belongs to a friend of mine.
( suspenseful theme playing ) Catch, fink.
NARRATOR: Never chase a thief.
Not if your own fear of capture is probably greater than his.
Even in the fashionable remoteness of Indian Lake Lodge, that fear haunts this clerk, who calls himself Stu Manning.
In other times, Richard Kimble might have enjoyed vacationing here.
But there is no vacation for a fugitive.
( suspenseful theme playing ) Who is it? I'm almost afraid to say.
( sighs ) Get out of here, Stu.
I already have a headache.
Can I fix you a cup of coffee? After last night? No thanks.
You'd probably poison it.
Now, I have no hard feelings about last night.
To prove that I'll even fix your tire for you.
My tire? You've got a flat tire.
Here, lock this up.
Somebody tried to steal it.
But, uh-- I've got to go to Hazelton today.
I-- I can't have a flat.
You got a spare? I don't have a spare anything.
Well, I'm sure you'll think of a way to get your friend in Hazelton to buy you one.
Bob, where's Manning? He says he's going to check the heater at the pool, Mr.
Platt and then go up and close cottage 12.
Uh, go get him, will you? Bring him in.
I want to see him right away.
Andy, step in here a minute, will you? Heh.
( ladies giggle ) ( giggles ) Yay.
We won.
We won.
Yeah, I got the prize.
Hey, I'm sorry we beat you so bad.
You want a return match later? ( giggles ) Well, you got a good forehand but we ought to do a little work on your overhand.
Now, don't What do you mean "don't"? WOMAN: I'm going to go change for a swim.
I'll see you later, doll.
( suspenseful theme playing ) Excuse me, Mrs.
Langner, uh, have you seen Stuart Manning? No, I haven't.
Are you all right, Mr.
Langner? Ah.
Yeah, I, uh-- My, uh-- My shoelace was loose.
Yeah, I-- I'm fine, thanks.
Hi.
We played five sets.
Sit down, Tod.
You look exhausted.
Oh, uh, Mr.
Street.
Would you be good enough to prepare my bill? I've decided to check out.
Yes, Mrs.
Langner, right away.
Mr.
Langner.
Enid, why? We were going to stay two weeks.
For the first time in 16 years we'd agreed on something.
( ladies giggle in background) Are you, uh, going to swim with your playmates or do you want to have some lunch? I've lost my appetite.
Poor, dear, you tire so easily.
I was going hunting tomorrow.
Hunting or chasing, darling? What is it, Enid? Jealousy.
Can't you ever say what you mean without the innuendoes? It's all right, Tod, you've reached middle age.
That's not a disease, it's a fact of nature.
And I can't stay here and watch you trying to prove you're still a rollicking youth.
It's too embarrassing for both of us.
So I'm leaving.
Oh, but you stay if you want to, please.
I might take you up on that.
It's your vacation, really.
Only, darling, eat something.
Something with lots of protein.
Hey, Stu, did you see Mr.
Platt? They're looking for you.
Who's looking for me? Hi, uh, Manning.
Would you, uh, step inside, please? You know Sheriff Hornbeck, don't you, Manning? Uh, Manning is it? That's right.
Stu, the safe was robbed last night.
They got everything.
I think it happened while you were on duty.
Do you know anything about this, Mr.
Manning? No, I, uh-- I brought in the money from the bar in the restaurant, uh, in here about 11.
Then, uh, you know the combination? No, the safe was open.
Open? Well, uh.
I was in here at that time.
I never leave the safe open unless I'm in the office.
Did you let anyone in Mr.
Manning? Mr.
Platt had a couple of friends in.
Well, yeah, Frank and George came by.
We went over to Eddie's house and played a little poker.
Well, there was a-a young kid in the parking lot just now, uh-- I chased him off.
He was trying to rob a car and-- Well, that's a coincidence.
Car thieves and safe-crackers seldom mix.
Now, whoever did this wouldn't hang around.
Unless, of course, it, uh, was an inside job.
We're taking fingerprints, Mr.
Manning.
Whoever did it probably wiped the prints off the safe but we might come up with something.
Do you mind? No.
Take him outside and do that, will you, Andy? We'll get Mr.
Platt and Mr.
Street a little later just for comparison in case we find a strange one on the safe.
Jess, did you and the boys get snockered last night? Well, I, uh I did a little drinking later on, Carl, but that has nothing to do with this.
You know, I, uh-- I could lose my job over this, you know.
This could finish me.
Mr.
Street.
Now, we should get answers back from Cheyenne on those prints by say, uh, 5:00.
Now, no one should leave the hotel before then without permission.
Mr.
Street, when you're finished here I'd like you to get the names of anybody who checked out since noon yesterday.
Andy, I'll take over.
Get the equipment out of the car.
We'll dust the safe.
Put your finger right down there.
Clean it off.
Use this here.
Yes, h-hello, this is Stu Manning at the Lodge.
Would you send the bus, please? One of our guests would like to leave.
A landslide? How soon can you-- Yes, thank you, uh, that'll be fine.
Trouble? Oh, uh, they've reported some landslides on the road.
Yeah, I know.
Who'd you call? Well, our shuttle service to Hazelton.
One of our guests, Miss Crowell, has to get there this afternoon.
Is the bus coming up? Yes, about 3:00, uh, if they get the road cleared.
I hope we don't get stuck up here.
I've got to bowl in a tournament tonight.
Bye, doll.
I'll see you sometime.
Hold my mail.
I'll be back in a couple of days.
Yes, ma'am.
Was I supposed to wait for you? Uh, no, something came up.
Uh, thanks for stopping.
Find yourself a seat in the back and, uh, fasten your safety belt.
This road was like an obstacle course coming up.
Well, you don't always miss the bus, do you, Galahad? Well, I got a call.
My sister's sick.
I'm sorry.
Hey, why did that cop search my bag when I left the hotel? Did they go through your things? The, uh, lodge was robbed last night.
No kidding.
They don't know who? TOD: No, it's anybody's guess.
All kinds of people coming and going up here.
Do you need an alibi, Galahad? No, thanks.
I can just hear you telling them where you were between, say, uh, 6 and 10.
Hah.
Louanne, I don't want to spoil anything for you.
You got my opinion because you insisted on it.
Now, I'd like to just forget about it.
All right? Ooh.
Oh, this is going to be a lovely little trip.
He said he'd be in his room, that's all.
In his room, that's all.
Well, he wasn't on the bus.
I was there when it-- Sheriff? Andy.
Say, something interesting happened here.
You know Stu Manning, the clerk? Yeah, well, sheriff, he's disappeared.
( suspenseful theme playing ) I hate to obligate myself, but I need a light.
Watch this.
Would you enjoy sitting further back in the bus, dear? The older they are, the younger they wish.
You're differentnow.
Wait till you lose that fatal charm.
Hah.
Ah, I can see you married to some tedious matron, peeking behind her back at the legs that got away.
What are you looking forward to, Louanne? Long skirts.
Would you like to spend a few days with Tom and Ethel at Carmel? Now, why ask what I'd like to do? Are you pouting? No, this is getting to be par for the course.
I told you you were welcome to stay at Indian Lake.
I meant it.
Thanks, Enid.
I was waiting for that.
This time I think I'll take you up on it.
I'm putting you on the train at Hazelton and I'm going back.
All right, dear.
After all, it is your vacation.
Yeah, you said that before.
You know, you've got a great routine, Enid.
You deliver these ultimatums, then you try to cover up with a nice gesture.
I think I'll go in the back and have a smoke.
Excuse me.
Hang on.
( dramatic theme playing ) Well, what do you figure it is? A landslide? Wasn't here when I, uh, come up.
Huh.
Well, what do we do now? I don't know.
Uh, looks like somebody's already gone to make a report.
Well, now, look, I've got to get to Hazelton.
Get back in the bus and let me get us out of here.
MAN: Hey, champ.
That your car? Yeah, what's left of it.
Hey, what's the chances of me bumming a ride, huh? All right.
You want to help me guide this thing while I turn it around? You got yourself a deal.
( engine starts) ( suspenseful theme playing ) ( honks ) How's your golf game, fink? You can take one of the canyon roads, driver.
Well, I don't know.
They're pretty rough.
You called the cops, didn't you? No.
Well, isn't that strange.
The hills are full of them.
Somebody robbed the hotel safe.
All right, that wasn't me, but this is.
Now, I've got to get to Hazelton and blow this scene.
So you keep your mouth shut, you dig? ( suspenseful theme playing ) Yes, sir.
Yes, I will.
No, sir.
No.
Well, how was I to know or-- Or you either, for that matter.
Well, I don't know.
We've searched all over here.
ANDY: Well, it depends if he's on foot or how he's moving.
Yes, sir.
Yes, all right.
I'll tell them.
Wait a minute.
I'll talk to-- He rung off.
( sighs ) I should've talked to him.
I found the money.
You what? You see, I remember it now.
Uh, although I don't exactly.
You see, uh, Frank and George came by here, picked me up but I guess we had a few drinks here before we went over to Eddie's house.
It, uh, was in the desk.
I've never put it in there before.
( sighs ) You sure it's all there? Well, I'll-- I'll count it, sure.
Isn't that funny? I mean, here I was thinking Stu Manning, you know-- That's a hot one.
Manning.
What? Sheriff Hornbeck got an answer from those prints we sent to Cheyenne.
It seems your Mr.
Stuart Manning is somebody else entirely.
( suspenseful theme playing ) Driver, don't you think we should go back to the Lodge and report the slide? No, we can make it, lady.
The canyon roads are rough, but-- Look, I've got to get to Hazelton.
Well, we could make telephone calls from the Lodge.
Better make up our mind pretty quick.
Mrs.
Langner.
We're all in a hurry.
Driver, if you feel the roads aren't that dangerous-- No, I'm game to try it if you are.
Better all keep our seats, though.
Don't want anyone hurt.
Tod, please speak to the driver.
We might all go over a cliff and be killed.
Enid, the boy wants to go through the canyon and he's carrying a gun.
Know what you are, Mom? You're the prettiest girl on the bus.
But you been outvoted this time.
Slide it over, baby doll.
You I'll sit beside.
Beat it, punk.
You see what I mean? That's your seat.
Where's your golf clubs, fink? You don't want any more trouble, do you, kid? Oh, what a wise guy you are.
Well, I have met all the types.
I can now safely say it.
All types.
Punks like him I can handle ten days a week but you are something else.
What are you, a compulsive rover boy? Well, maybe I was saving him from you.
He's safe.
Unless, of course, you think he'd be willing to pay my hotel bill.
( music playing over radio ) NEWSCASTER ( over radio ): Back to the music in five minutes.
Now the hourly newsbreak with Wes Haritage.
First, a report from the Legal Conference in London.
Word from General Milton B.
Hanson Can you change that station? Get some music or something.
and to the United States, whose security is dependent upon the system of Western Alliances.
If control of the seas is added to the vast Soviet land powers, says the General, the problem of deterrence becomes impossible, even with our ( tires screech ) great nuclear delivery capability.
( crashes and stops ) In the National News, Senator Gormley announced today in Cheyenne that he is petitioning the Senate Appropriations Committee for two percent Well, we just busted the axle on that rock.
( radio announcement continues in background ) Ugh.
Can it be fixed? DRIVER: No, lady, not here.
LOUANNE: Well, can we get help? Well, there's a ranger station in this canyon somewhere And emergency telephones up along the road-- I'll, uh.
I'll go down the canyon, you hike up the road.
If we find a phone we'll call for help.
You stay with the women.
( continuing ): that a clerk who worked at Indian Lake Lodge under the name of Stuart Manning is in truth convicted wife-slayer Richard Kimble, former Indiana doctor.
Kimble disappeared from the lodge some time this afternoon, during investigation of a robbery which was later solved.
Fingerprints of possible suspects were taken, and his among them.
Kimble is thought to be somewhere between Indian Lake and Hazelton.
Police have blocked the canyon roads and are conducting a thorough search.
His capture is expected soon.
( dramatic theme playing ) TOD: Stop.
MAN ( over radio ): Car 6.
Calling car 6, come in, please.
Car 6.
Calling car 6, come in, please.
Andy here.
Well, they started work on the slide now.
No sign of Kimble.
Guess I'll take a ride down some canyon roads, okay? Over.
MAN ( over radio ): Roger, Andy.
Over and listening out.
TOD: How long will it take to find help? DRIVER: I don't know, uh.
Two, three hours.
Maybe longer.
Your wife wants to talk to you.
Oww.
TOD: See what's wrong with his leg.
I know what's wrong with it.
That lousy fink twisted my knee.
Tod.
Go talk to her, bwana.
She's really shook up.
I'll handle this.
With fiendish delight.
Well, sing out if he starts to run.
I'll keep the gun.
Stu, you'll never know how much I've wanted to hurt you.
Take me out of here, Tod.
That's all I'm asking.
You can go with the driver.
Please.
"Please", Enid? Isn't that my word? Let the driver stay here.
It's his bus.
But he's my prisoner.
But you know nothing about guns and hoodlums.
Guns fire bullets, bullets kill.
Everybody knows that.
He can't walk.
Hold it.
I'll walk on it.
Just give me a little time, will you? Ah, never mind.
Enid, the driver is leaving.
Do you want to go with him? Better off alone, uh.
I'll make it twice as fast.
Let him go.
Call the sheriff as soon as you find a phone.
Man, you never know I mean, you don't look the type, you know.
I hate to disappoint you, but I didn't kill anyone.
Sure.
The radio told a little white lie, that's all.
Let's forget it.
Hey, uh, when did this happen? I mean, when did you do it? What difference does it make? Hey, man.
I'm on your side.
I mean, you're on the run, right? Hey, I bet you've been giving the heat a real cute time, huh? I've stayed alive.
Hey, you know, uh, you're the one and only guy that's ever caught me stealing.
( laughs ) Isn't that a laugh? My boy, he's an unpredictable man.
I don't want anyone to get hurt so stay away from him.
Yeah, you caught yourself a real big one, Dad.
Dead or alive, he's a real monster.
MAN ( over radio ): Car 6.
Calling car 6.
Come in, please.
Andy here.
Car 6 to headquarters.
MAN: Andy, that shuttle bus from the lodge has never come back.
They just reported it missing.
You sure Kimble wasn't on it? Over.
Yes, sheriff, I'm sure.
And I've checked all but three roads.
I just don't see any bus.
Keep looking, Andy, and keep a close check with me.
Roger.
Is that all the wood you could find? I could've got more, Dad, if my knee wasn't all loused up.
Do you know what I've been doing for over an hour? Trying to figure out why I hit you like that.
I've never hit a man before in my life.
What does that mean? It means you don't need any practice.
You do pretty well.
Sure, uh, when your hands are tied.
Well, am I supposed to believe that, uh, you'd be afraid of me if they weren't tied? Why don't you try believing I'm sorry? For-- For hitting me? Forget it.
No.
I was really thinking about last night.
I started that fight.
Why? I chased you out because, in the first place, I can't risk a poor man.
In the second place, if you had stayed and walked out-- I can't risk a broken heart, either.
KIMBLE: Why didn't you say that last night? Maybe I was scared.
And now you're not? No.
Now I'm protected by the law.
From a convicted killer.
From the gentlest man I ever knew.
You weren't kidding last night.
You know what kind of woman you need and you were reaching out for her.
Part of what hurt me was that I'm not that woman.
That wife of yours may have given you some headaches but you didn't kill her, Galahad.
You loved her.
Wow.
Miss Crowell, it's warmer over here.
He stays there.
Ah.
Leave him.
He stays there.
Tod, for heaven's sake.
Be quiet.
Now, this man can have any reasonable comforts that don't endanger the rest of us.
Hey, Dad, you're a real tiger.
Stay away from him until the police arrive.
Is that understood? ENID: You're not a bully.
Stop behaving like one just because you have a gun in your hand.
TOD: Shut up, Enid.
Please respect me just like the others are doing.
Give me the pistol, and then ask for my respect.
This man is a convicted murderer.
Isn't that enough? You're gloating like an evil little boy.
I don't want your approval.
Just don't interfere.
Well, you certainly come on strong.
Maybe you'd be more comfortable on the bus.
LOUANNE: Oh, no, I-- I think it's kind of exciting out here.
Stop.
TOD: I could have shot you dead.
I tried to escape And you stopped me.
Now, isn't that something to be proud of? I'd like to turn you over alive.
Try another break and I'll kill you.
Hello? Hello! Hello.
Yeah, hello, hello, hello.
Well, this is the driver of the shuttle bus from Hazelton that went to Indian Lake.
I want to report an emergency.
( dramatic theme playing ) LOUANNE: I want to get a sweater, okay? You sure quit fast when that gun went off.
Louanne, I have to stay alive.
There's someone I have to find.
Untie me.
I can't.
He's watching.
Maybe I can get him to give me the gun.
No, forget it.
I don't want him to hurt you.
Why did you have to be a nice guy? Miss Crowell? In a second.
There must be some way.
Try to get that kid to come in here.
I think I know enough about him to make some kind of a deal.
Louanne Hmm? Be careful of Langner.
Galahad, any chance I take is for the only good reason I've ever had.
I can't figure that Kimble out.
I don't even know why I bothered to try.
He's smooth, baby.
He keeps his cool.
Would you help me with this, please? Kimble wants to talk to you.
Go on inside.
Sweetheart, Big Daddy's not going to let nobody get on that bus.
Try.
How much longer do you think we're going to be here? Ah, not much, I hope.
The police should be here soon.
Here you are.
Egh.
I'm still chilly.
Ohh.
Oh! Enid.
I don't want anyone on the bus with him.
I'm quite uncomfortable out here.
We all are.
Now, please sit down.
I don't know, it's not really fun, but it's not as bad as it might be.
Got a cigarette? Mrs.
Langner, why don't you put a stop to that.
Anything I do will make it worse.
Well, he is your husband.
This isn't new.
He's just a little angrier at me than usual.
And she's in love with you.
Well, I think I'll go out and get some wood for the fire before it goes out.
Want to come? I won't go far.
Man, here I am, young and eager.
Nothing.
She goes for you, man.
I guess it's true, huh? They feel safer with older men.
If he tries to make a break, shoot him, do you hear? Don't take any chances.
Shoot him.
You're the boss, Dad.
I'll, uh, help Miss Crowell.
Untie me.
I'll bring them back.
Isn't that what you planned? I didn't plan for this to happen.
I asked you to stop them and you wouldn't.
Hi, Kemo Sabe.
Tonto get message.
My husband pretends to be a hero.
I know your girl is out there laughing at him now.
Laughing at me.
All right, Mom.
No.
I think I have a laugh or two coming myself.
When she gets back she's going to find out her little scheme didn't work.
Come on.
Man, I never counted on that chick.
Now, go, man.
All right, Mom, now, when Big Daddy gets back you tell him what happened and you let him-- Now, drop the knife.
Man, what's wrong with you? I waited an hour to do you a favor.
I'm on your side.
I don't want you on my side.
Why you lousy-- Now, drop the knife or I'll pull the trigger.
Go on.
Now, get out of here.
Here.
If he comes back, use it.
Go on.
( suspenseful theme playing ) ( mysterious theme playing ) And you don't have any idea where he went? He ran that way.
That's all I know.
All right.
Now, there's two more cars coming.
I'll radio one and have him pick up your passengers.
Come on, Andy.
He'll stay clear of the roads.
Oh, darkness will hold him up.
I'll have every officer in the area out there with their flashlight inside of 20 minutes.
You didn't put up much of a battle, did you, Mrs.
Langner? You didn't let my husband find you, did you, Miss Crowell? No.
But what if I had? I think you can answer that.
Richard Kimble got away.
That's my answer.
And he wasn't even in love with you.
Enid, the driver says the police are coming back to pick us up.
We better get our stuff together and be ready.
Yes, dear.
NARRATOR: The difference between good and bad, between love and hate, is often elusive.
The difference between life and death for Richard Kimble is always simply his freedom to remain a fugitive.
( suspenseful theme playing ) ( dramatic theme playing )