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4.0 out of 5 stars
2 Episodes: RK Gets Help in Each, July 9, 2002
This video contains one episode from the first season, FLIGHT FROM THE FINAL DEMON and one from the second, CRY UNCLE. Both are quality episodes with each revealing varying aspects of Kimble's personality. In FFFD, Kimble is apprehended while working in a health club, but gets help from a fellow worker, played convincingly by Ed Nelson. Steve Edson (Nelson) helps Kimble only because he is the obverse of the fugitive. He is a guilty man who at his trial was found innocent, and his conscience bothers him to the point that he wants to be caught. During Kimble's and his flight from the law, Edson keeps dropping clues as to their whereabouts. What is of interest to viewers is that for the first time, Kimble verbalizes what many would be lam artists might need to know: the many 'tricks' that a fugitive needs to know to avoid capture. Carroll O'Connor, in his pre-ALL IN THE FAMILY DAYS, is convincing as the pursuing sheriff. CRY UNCLE is the better of the two. At the start of the show, Kimble seeks refuge in an orphanage and two boys suspect that he is a fugitive, and Kimble must use his natural affinity for children that he had shown in previous episodes to convince them not to turn him in. Ronny Howard of THE ANDY GRIFFITH SHOW and Donald Losby, who played Mark Welles in the series' opener FEAR IN A DESERT CITY, play the two boys. The only way for Kimble as Pat Thomas to explain his presence is for him to pose as Sean's (Losby) uncle. At first, Sean is unruly and seeks only to kick back at a world that has smacked him around since birth. Kimble seems like a perfect target, one who must obey him or risk being turned over to the police. But ever so slowly, Kimble's inherent goodness teaches him that not all adults are evil, and that if he is to advance in the world, he must learn to trust others. And this is one of the subtle subtexts that appear in many of the shows. Trust can appear in the most unexpected of places, and when it does, that person ought to let it grow.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
2 "Fugitive" Eps., With Ronny Howard & Carroll O'Connor, December 3, 2004
This "Republic Pictures" home video VHS tape features two full-length episodes of "The Fugitive" (the original 1960s TV series, starring David Janssen). Both shows are in black-and-white, and are selections from the first and second season of the acclaimed television classic drama.
Episodes included.....................
1.) "CRY UNCLE" (Episode #41; first aired December 1, 1964). This is a program from the series' second season, and sports a guest cast of Ronny Howard, Edward Binns, and Brett Somers. ... Dr. Richard Kimble (David Janssen) poses as a young boy's uncle at an orphanage. Kimble uses the alias "Pat Thomas" in this episode.
2.) "FLIGHT FROM THE FINAL DEMON" (Episode #24; first aired March 10, 1964). This is a first-season show, with guests Carroll O'Connor, Ed Nelson, and Ellen Madison. ... A pre-"Archie Bunker" Carroll O'Connor portrays a local sheriff who bumps into Kimble at a health club (where Dr. Kimble is employed under the fictitious name of "Al Dexter"). Kimble/Dexter manages to evade the sheriff with the help of a co-worker (Nelson). Nelson's character has some problems of his own, further complicating Kimble's escape.
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Video Specifications:
Aspect Ratio -- Full Frame (1.33:1 TV ratio).
Audio -- Re-mixed Stereo (Hi-Fi).
Running Time -- 98 minutes.
Tape Speed -- Standard (SP).
Cassette is labeled "Tape Five" in this series of "Republic Pictures" VHS videos.
Video Release Date -- 1998.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
2 Episodes: RK Gets Help in Each, July 9, 2002
This video contains one episode from the first season, FLIGHT FROM THE FINAL DEMON and one from the second, CRY UNCLE. Both are quality episodes with each revealing varying aspects of Kimble's personality. In FFFD, Kimble is apprehended while working in a health club, but gets help from a fellow worker, played convincingly by Ed Nelson. Steve Edson (Nelson) helps Kimble only because he is the obverse of the fugitive. He is a guilty man who at his trial was found innocent, and his conscience bothers him to the point that he wants to be caught. During Kimble's and his flight from the law, Edson keeps dropping clues as to their whereabouts. What is of interest to viewers is that for the first time, Kimble verbalizes what many would be lam artists might need to know: the many 'tricks' that a fugitive needs to know to avoid capture. Carroll O'Connor, in his pre-ALL IN THE FAMILY DAYS, is convincing as the pursuing sheriff. CRY UNCLE is the better of the two. At the start of the show, Kimble seeks refuge in an orphanage and two boys suspect that he is a fugitive, and Kimble must use his natural affinity for children that he had shown in previous episodes to convince them not to turn him in. Ronny Howard of THE ANDY GRIFFITH SHOW and Donald Losby, who played Mark Welles in the series' opener FEAR IN A DESERT CITY, play the two boys. The only way for Kimble as Pat Thomas to explain his presence is for him to pose as Sean's (Losby) uncle. At first, Sean is unruly and seeks only to kick back at a world that has smacked him around since birth. Kimble seems like a perfect target, one who must obey him or risk being turned over to the police. But ever so slowly, Kimble's inherent goodness teaches him that not all adults are evil, and that if he is to advance in the world, he must learn to trust others. And this is one of the subtle subtexts that appear in many of the shows. Trust can appear in the most unexpected of places, and when it does, that person ought to let it grow.
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