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7.5Wrongfully 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.
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
Themes
- chicago, illinois
- escape
- chase
- doomed man
- surgeon
- death sentence
- u.s. marshal
- flashback
- remake
- betrayal
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Ratings
IMDb
7.8/10
343,917 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
96%
Metacritic
87/100
- Year
- 1993
- Runtime
- 130 min
- Genres
- Action, Crime, Drama
- Rated
- PG-13
- Awards
- Won 1 Oscar. 13 wins & 37 nominations total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Andrew Davis
- Screenplay by
- Jeb Stuart David Twohy
- Story by
- David Twohy
- Based on
- The Fugitive , 1963 TV series, by Roy Huggins
- Produced by
- Arnold Kopelson
- Starring
- Harrison Ford Tommy Lee Jones Sela Ward Joe Pantoliano Andreas Katsulas Jeroen Krabbé
- Cinematography
- Michael Chapman
- Edited by
- Don Brochu David Finfer Dean Goodhill Dov Hoenig Richard Nord Dennis Virkler
- Music by
- James Newton Howard
- Production company
- Kopelson Entertainment
- Distributed by
- Warner Bros.
- Release dates
- July 29, 1993 ( 1993-07-29 ) ( Westwood ) August 6, 1993 ( 1993-08-06 ) (United States)
- Running time
- 130 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $44 million
- Box office
- $368.9 million
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Encyclopedic overview
The Fugitive is a 1993 American action thriller film, directed by Andrew Davis, with a script co-written by Jeb Stuart and David Twohy, from a previous story draft which Twohy had written. Based on the 1960s TV series, itself loosely inspired by the trial of Sam Sheppard, the film stars Harrison Ford, Tommy Lee Jones, Sela Ward, Joe Pantoliano, Andreas Katsulas, and Jeroen Krabbé.
After being framed for the murder of his wife and sentenced to death, vascular surgeon Dr. Richard Kimble (Ford) escapes from custody following a bus crash. Kimble sets out to find the real killer and clear his name, while being hunted by the police and a team of U.S. marshals, led by Deputy Samuel Gerard (Jones).
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