History Trivia / TheFugitive

* CreatorsFavorite: George Eckstein one of the show's later associate producer/co-producer George Eckstein liked the two-parter season 3's two-parter "Landscape with Running Figures" because the only script which came in, other than his own[[note]]Eckstein wrote or co-wrote 10 episodes, including "[[SeriesFinale The Judgment]]"[[/note]] that could have filmed with no rewrites needed, but Eckstein asked Anthony Wilson to expand it.

* IAmNotSpock: Barry Morse had said that on more than one occasion, he was accosted by elderly ladies in supermarkets, telling him to "leave that nice Dr. Kimble alone", telling him that a one-armed man is the true killer.

* ThoseTwoGuys: Ron Dean and Joseph F. Kosala, who play Detective Kelly and Detective Rosetti, worked together in two other films previously that involved the Chicago Police Department: ''Film/CodeOfSilence'' (starring Chuck Norris) and ''Film/AboveTheLaw'' (starring Creator/StevenSeagal).[[note]] Interestingly, Henry Silva plays the BigBad in both of those movies [[/note]] They did so again in ''Film/ChainReaction'' (also directed by Andrew Davis).

** Sela Ward, as the doomed Helen Kimble, doesn't get much more screen time, and she's billed third -- though this is justified, as her character is also an example of SmallRoleBigImpact.

* ItWillNeverCatchOn: Series creator Roy Huggins initially had great difficulty in selling the series to potential producers. Many of them felt that a series based on a wrongfully convicted man running from the law would be perceived as being too perverse, as well as a slap in the face to the American justice system.

** Averted in the remake, in which episodes (the exteriors at least), were filmed wherever they were set--UsefulNotes/NewOrleans, Atlantic City, UsefulNotes/{{Philadelphia}}, etc. This unfortunately made the show very expensive to produce and this is believed to have been a factor in its cancellation.

* RecycledTheSeries: Despite technically being a remake of the original series, the 2000 edition clearly has many elements unique to the film--the Kimbles being HappilyMarried, Helen being wealthy, hints of a huge conspiracy being behind Helen's murder, etc.

** Averted in the remake, in which episodes (the exteriors at least), were filmed wherever they were set--New Orleans, Atlantic City, Philadelphia, etc. This unfortunately made the show very expensive to produce and this is believed to have been a factor in its cancellation.

** In TheRemake, Amy Van Nostrand, Tim Daly's RealLife wife, guest-starred in the episode "And In That Darkness" as Grace, a psychiatric patient Kimble befriends and assists.

** Amy Van Nostrand, Tim Daly's RealLife wife, guest-starred in the episode "And In That Darkness" as Grace, a psychiatric patient Kimble befriends and assists.
* RecycledTheSeries: Despite essentially being a remake of the original series, the 2000 edition clearly has many elements unique to the film--the Kimbles being HappilyMarried, Helen being wealthy, hints of a huge conspiracy being behind Helen's murder, etc.

** Averted in the remake, in which episodes (the exteriors at least), were filmed wherever they set--New Orleans, Atlantic City, Philadelphia, etc. This unfortunately made the show very expensive to produce and this is believed to have been a factor in its cancellation.

** [[http://www.screenplaydb.com/film/scripts/fugitivethe199202/ An early draft of the script]] had a movie that was much more similar to the original series:

* StarMakingRole: After several decades of minor or supporting roles, this was the film that gave Creator/TommyLeeJones a huge career push.

* RecycledTheSeries: Despite essentially being a remake of the original series, the 2000 edition clearly has many elements unique to the film--the Kimble's being HappilyMarried, Helen being wealthy, hints of a huge conspiracy being behind Helen's murder, etc.

* FridayNightDeathSlot: Where the remake was stuck, dooming it to poor ratings despite solid, if not spectacular reviews.

** Creator/AlecBaldwin, Creator/JeffBridges, Creator/KevinCostner, Creator/MichaelDouglas, Creator/RichardGere, Creator/MelGibson, Creator/MichaelKeaton, Creator/NickNolte, Creator/AlPacino, Creator/ChristopherReeve, and Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger were considered for Richard Kimble. In fact, Baldwin was cast, but dropped out over a salary dispute.

*** The movie would have begun with Kimble's sentencing, with the story of their marriage and her murder taking place via numerous flashbacks.
*** The killer would have been a hit man hired by Helen's ''father'' to stop her from revealing that he'd sexually abused her and her sister.

* DeletedScene: Plenty. If you can get a copy of the finished script or the novelization, you'll have an idea of what was cut. Although you can find stills with a Google image search--Kimble testifying at his trial, Kimble in a convenience store, Kimble eating in a diner, overall, they appear to have been lost forever--unlike many other movies, there's been no "Director's Cut" released, nor were they included as extras on the Blu-Ray or 20th Anniversary DVD.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen

** An early draft of the script had a movie that was much more similar to the original series:

* DeletedScene: Plenty. If you can get a copy of the finished script or the novelization, you'll have an idea of what was cut. They seem to have been lost forever--unlike many other movies, there's been no "Director's Cut" released, nor were they included as extras on the Blu-Ray or 20th Anniversary DVD.

** Creator/AlecBaldwin, Creator/JeffBridges, Creator/KevinCostner, Creator/MichaelDouglas, Creator/RichardGere, Creator/MelGibson, Creator/MichaelKeaton, Creator/NickNolte, Creator/AlPacino, /ChristopherReeve, and Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger were considered for Richard Kimble. In fact, Baldwin was cast, but dropped out over a salary dispute.

* DevelopmentHell: There had been plans to make the film five years before it finally came to fruition. At least none different writers worked through 25 different screenplays.