The Fugitive (1993)

Directed by

Andrew Davis

Genre

action film, crime film, thriller film, detective film

Country

United States

Runtime

2h 10m

Rated

PG-13

Rating

7.5 of 10 from 4,838 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A surgeon is wrongly convicted of murdering his wife and escapes from prison. He tries to find the real killer while a relentless U.S. Marshal hunts him down.

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What happens

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). The Fugitive premiered in Westwood, California, on July 29, 1993, and was released in the United States by Warner Bros. on August 6, 1993. It was a critical and commercial success, spending six weeks as the number-one film in the United States, and grossing nearly $368 million worldwide against a $44 million budget. It was the third-highest-grossing film of 1993 worldwide, with an estimated 44 million tickets sold in the United States. It was nominated for seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture; Tommy Lee Jones won for Best Supporting Actor. It was followed by the 1998 film U.S. Marshals, in which Jones reprised his role as Deputy Marshal Sam Gerard, along with some others of his earlier marshals team. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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