History Trivia / TheFugitive

** "Landscape with Running Figures" was written as a hour-long episode; associate producer George Eckstein felt it could be a two-parter.

** In an interview with ''Magazine/TVGuide'' given around the time of the series finale, Janssen stated that his idea for the ending was to have Richard Kimble sitting on the beach, reading about the execution of the One-Armed Man in the newspaper. Then he would get up, [[KarmaHoudini detach his prosthetic arm and walk off into the sea]]. It's hard to say now, but he was probably kidding...

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* IAmNotSpock: Creator/BarryMorse 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.;

* IAmNotSpock: Creator/BarryMorse 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.;

* CreatorsFavoriteEpisode: The show's associate producer/co-producer[[note]]from season 3[[/note]] George Eckstein liked season 3's two-parter "Landscape with Running Figures" because it was 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 been filmed with no rewrites needed, but Eckstein asked Anthony Wilson to expand it.

** "No Strings Attached" sees American Rex Thompson plays a FakeBrit as virtuoso violinist Geoffrey Martin. It's especially noticeable when he's in a scene with Creator/DonaldPleasance (as his manager).

** "No Strings Attached" sees American Rex Thompson plays a FakeBrit as virtuoso violinist Geoffrey Martin. It's especially when he's in a scene with Donald Pleasance (as his manager).

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: Before his escape, Kimble was facing execution by lethal injection. The state of Illinois would abolish the death penalty in 2011.

* UsefulNotes/AFIS100YearsSeries:
** AFIS100Years100Thrills: #33
** It was also nominated (but not ranked) for the "Movies", "Heroes & Villains", and "Quotes" lists.

* AFIS100YearsSeries:

** Averted in TheRemake, 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.

* DeletedScene: Plenty. If you read the [[https://sfy.ru/?script=fugitive1993 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.

** Creator/JulianneMoore is billed fourth in the film, although she wasn't a well-known star at the time of its release and her character only has a few minutes of total screen time. This initially wasn't the case; Moore's character was originally written to have a much larger role as an ally and a [[TokenRomance love interest]] for Kimble.

** Creator/JulianneMoore is billed fourth in the film, although she wasn't a well-known star at the time of its release and her character only has a few minutes of total screen time. This initially wasn't the case -- Moore's character was originally written to have a much larger role as an ally and a [[TokenRomance love interest]] for Kimble.

* CreatorsFavorite: the show's associate producer/co-producer[[note]]from season 3[[/note]] George Eckstein liked season 3's two-parter "Landscape with Running Figures" because it was 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 been filmed with no rewrites needed, but Eckstein asked Anthony Wilson to expand it.

* DirectedByCastMember: Barry Morse directed Season 4's "The Shattered Silence".

** [[FakeAmerican Lt. Gerard]] was played by the English Barry Morse. A good thing, too, since any time a person on the street got too threatening to him for [[IAmNotSpock being mean to Kimble]], he could switch to his native accent and say, "Blimey, guv, I ain't who you think I am! Must be that bloke on the telly who looks like me."

* 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.;

* TrollingCreator: David Janssen and Barry Morse concerning the series's ending. A few examples:

* DyingForYourArt: Creator/HarrisonFord shadowed doctors at the University of Chicago Medical Center in preparation for his role as Dr. Richard Kimble.

** [[FakeAmerican Lt. Gerard]] was played by the English Barry Morse. A good thing, too, since anytime a person on the street got too threatening to him for [[IAmNotSpock being mean to Kimble]], he could switch to his native accent and say, "Blimey, guv, I ain't who you think I am! Must be that bloke on the telly who looks like me."

* ThoseTwoActors: 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). Altogether, they were paired (often in the same scene) in six Creator/AndrewDavis films.

** "No Strings Attached" sees American Rex Thompson plays a FakeBrit as virtuoso violinist Geoffrey Martin. It's especially when he's in a scene with Creator/DonaldPleasance (as his manager).

* CreatorsFavorite: the show's associate producer/co-producer[[note]]from season 3[[/note]] George Eckstein liked season 3's two-parter "Landscape with Running Figures" because it was 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.

* CreatorsFavorite: the show's associate producer/co-producer[[note]]In the later seasons[[/note]] George Eckstein liked season 3's two-parter "Landscape with Running Figures" because it was 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.

* CreatorsFavorite: the show's associate producer/co-producer[[note]]In the later seasons[[/note]] George Eckstein liked the two-parter season 3's two-parter "Landscape with Running Figures" because it was 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.

* 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 it was 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.