Eldergays Tell Me About 1960's Television Program "The Fugitive"
MeTV has The Fugitive in their late Sunday night rotation so decided to watch for a bit.
Besides never knowing David Janssen was so handsome back in the day did some research and found out The Fugitive was a huge hit. Never stick with things long enough to watch finale, but seems it also ranked as one of best in television history.
Did people really follow The Fugitive weekly with such interest say like Dyansty decades later?
Just seems so odd to me that a man who is a convicted murderer (of his wife no less), continuously finds people week after week willing to aide and abet.
| by Anonymous | reply 9 | December 28, 2020 7:29 AM
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OP, there's always a realistic mix of people who want to turn him in once they find out he's The Fugitive and people who want to abet him (sometimes in the form of the Girlfriend of the Week). A lot of people believe he's innocent, and his good character always seems to shine through.
David Janssen was a very sexy man during the show's run. That patch of chest hair and the tight pants... !
| by Anonymous | reply 1 | December 28, 2020 4:02 AM
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For years Jansen was fucking Angie Dickinson when she had an hour open in her schedule and he could get away from his wife..
| by Anonymous | reply 2 | December 28, 2020 4:07 AM
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Oh yes, forgot about " Girlfriend of the Week"..... For a man on the run Dr. Richard Kimble surely wasn't lacking for want of female company.
| by Anonymous | reply 3 | December 28, 2020 4:11 AM
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The Fugitive was based on the true crime case of Dr. Sam Sheppard, who may or may not have killed his wife.
| by Anonymous | reply 4 | December 28, 2020 4:12 AM
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It was better than the 1993 movie with Harrison Ford.
| by Anonymous | reply 5 | December 28, 2020 4:16 AM
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The connection to Sam Shepherd was tenuous at best.
It wasn't a soap with bitch slapping, it never aroused the interest associated with Dynasty, but lots of people watched it. It was a semi-anthology, he went to a new place and assumed a new identity every week, with occasional appearances by "the one armed man" or the police detective who obsessively followed him. Lots of appearances by people who later became famous like Bruce Dern, Robert Duvall, and Jack Klugman. It made me a fan of character actors.
It was Suzanne Pleshette who had the affair with Janssen.
| by Anonymous | reply 6 | December 28, 2020 4:24 AM
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I remember watching the series finale...lots of red herrings before the big confrontation with the one-armed man.
| by Anonymous | reply 7 | December 28, 2020 4:27 AM
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My mom told me a story about when she was a teenager, her family had an impromptu party on their lawn during the finale. They had the tv in their front picture window & had the side windows open so it could be heard outside. Lots of neighbors came over. Sounded like fun. Definite "appointment television" back then!
| by Anonymous | reply 8 | December 28, 2020 5:12 AM
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It had the first series finale I remember, when he finally finds the one-armed man.
| by Anonymous | reply 9 | December 28, 2020 7:29 AM
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