My police revolver.
I was hoping I'd get to use it again.
But not like this.
Narrator:
A qm production.
Starring david janssen as dr. Richard kimble.
An innocent victim of blind justice,
Falsely convicted for the murder of his wife,
Reprieved by fate when a train wreck freed him
En route to the death house.
Freed him to hide in lonely desperation,
To change his identity, to toil at many jobs.
Freed him to search for a one-armed man
He saw leave the scene of the crime.
Freed him to run before the relentless pursuit
Of the police lieutenant obsessed with his capture.
The guest stars
William shatner,
Norman fell,
Julie sommars.
Announcer:
Hey, right here.
That's it, give it that old pepper.
Now, keep your eye on the ball.
For every acquaintance he makes,
A man reveals a different face,
A different identity.
To the people of this midwestern city,
This man is john evans, itinerant laborer.
To those who know him better,
He is dr. Richard kimble, convicted murderer.
All right, strike one.
Okay, chuck.
All right, short.
Get two, get two.
Nice play, fellas.
Come on, come on, let's get going.
We're wasting time here.
He's out on the field, ed.
Hold on, I'll call him.
Oh. Oh, okay, fine. I'll tell him.
Yeah, right away. Bye-bye.
Hi. You're mr. Evans, aren't you?
Yes. Just go right on in.
I'll be right with you.
Tony.
Ed green just called.
He wants to see you right away.
He says it's important.
Okay, honey, I'll be right there.
There you go. Chuck, you to take over.
I want you to practice those double-play combinations.
Hi, mr. Evans, I'm carole burrell.
Please sit.
The employment agency told me they were sending over
A trustworthy, capable, well-qualified custodian.
Would that be you?
I hope so.
Have you worked around children before?
I worked for a doctor who was a pediatrician.
Well, your main job here would be keeping the building clean
And the grounds in order.
You see, the city lets us have it all rent-free,
But we have to keep it up.
Oh, also, you'll probably have to deal
With an occasional crisis
Like a skinned knee or a runny nose.
I can handle it.
Hey, honey, did green say it was important to him or to me?
All he said was "important."
Tony, this is john evans.
Hi.
He's applying for the custodian job.
Oh, good. Say, what we really need
Is a shortstop for the junior giants.
Well, I guess I don't qualify. I can only play first base.
Can you hit against left-handed pitchers?
Only if they're under 12 years of age.
Hire him, carole.
I'm almost afraid to mention the salary.
Oh, that's all right.
The employment agency said what it was.
Pretty insulting, isn't it?
But it's all we can afford.
We operate on donations here
And sometimes it gets pretty tight,
But at least you'd have a nice clean room to live in.
We're suffering from growing pains, mr. Evans.
Three years ago this club was just an excuse
To keep kids busy on weekends,
And now it's a full-time operation.
More than tony and I can handle.
Anyone else to help?
Oh, a few volunteers now and then.
Yeah, but not enough.
I hope to be going back to work pretty soon,
And we need somebody to keep the place in order.
My pants clean enough, honey?
Oh, they're fine. Hey, think of it, tony.
We'll have the only custodian in town
Who can hit left-handed pitching.
Yeah, great. We'll put him in the clean-up spot.
Ooh.
See you later.
good luck, darling.
What does your husband do?
Until recently, he was a police officer.
A good one too.
Come on, I'll show you around.
Hey, there! How are you, george?
Yeah, okay, thanks.
Any luck, ed?
That kid's made out of solid rock.
Give me those.
Better give me a make on the rest of those kids.
Hiya, george.
Lieutenant green around?
In here, tony. Lieutenant.
Nice to see you, old man. You too, tony.
Hey, ed, what's happening?
Come in, tony. Close the door.
Someone said you might have seen hal brubaker last night.
Yeah. I saw hal last night.
He came over to the playground to help me work out
Some of those baseball schedules.
He's coaching the smc teams- what time did he leave?
About, uh, midnight, I think.
Why? Then what happened?
Nothing. He went home, I went home.
What's it all about, ed?
Brubaker was murdered last night.
Come on.
The same way as joe hogan:
Head bashed in with a rock,
Badge ripped off his uniform.
Oh, my.
Hal?
Murdered?
Now, tony, you were a good friend of brubaker's.
Do you remember anyone ever threatening him
Or trying to give him a rough time?
I don't know.
All policemen make some enemies.
Tony, I lost two good men.
Help me, will you?
Think.
I-
I don't know, uh...
Hal's beat was in a pretty rough neighborhood.
He had occasional run-ins with some of the local punks.
Like benny bycek.
Does that name mean anything to you?
I don't think so.
Who's benny bycek?
Face it, sarge,
A kid who kills a cop ain't all that bad.
That's benny bycek.
Look, benny, we've got three witnesses
Who swear they heard you threaten brubaker.
Kids from my gang, huh? That's right. Three witnesses-
You know what I heard you said once?
You said, "them kids are all punks.
You can't trust a thing they do or a word they say."
That's what you said.
Why, you smart little-
That's what you said.
All right, benny, on your feet.
Come on.
How old is he? Eighteen going on 50.
Take him downstairs. Keep him on ice for a while.
You blue boys wanna find out how the cops get killed?
Just take a walk up my street sometime.
I'll show you how we trim the fuzz.
Get him out of my sight.
Cool off, bycek.
Don't worry about it, lieutenant.
I've been cool for years.
How do you handle a crumb like that?
Hey, tony, this bycek, is he one of that gang of yours?
I don't know. Our kids get along with cops.
They even get along with you, mac.
Oh, very funny.
I'd just like to see you tangle with that little slob.
I'd like to try.
Say, what about it, ed?
It's an idea.
You can't do any worse than we've done.
I might even have an advantage.
Kids like benny consider cops their natural enemies.
Wanna know something?
They're right.
What do you say, ed?
I've had pretty good luck with incorrigibles.
I used to be one myself.
All right. Go get him, mckay.
I don't think you'll need this.
You'll probably want to hang
Some pictures of your own in here, mr. Evans.
When was this taken?
Just before tony left the department.
He re-applied a few weeks ago
But he still couldn't pass the physical.
Well, he looks healthy enough.
Not for police requirements.
He has a slight heart murmur.
Well, uh, how does it look to you?
There's a private bath in the hall
And, uh, lots of storage space.
And, uh, as you can see,
There's a not-so-built-in stove,
But at least it makes pretty good coffee.
Uh, anyway, the bed is comfortable so,
I hope you'll be very happy here.
Uh, mrs. Burrell-
Please, call me carole.
I don't think I should take this job.
Oh.
That awful salary.
Well, no, it isn't that.
It's just that I may have to quit without any notice.
You see, I have this job opening up back east at any time.
You can stay here till it comes through.
But it isn't that, it's just-
And no arguments either.
Try to get away and I'll have my husband sic the cops on you.
Now, benny, I don't seem to be getting through to you.
The cops can keep you here for 24 hours.
Now after that, they have to book you or let you go.
If they let you go, that's fine.
If they book you,
The Saturday morning club can arrange your bail.
Save it. Buy yourself a new volleyball.
Benny, I'm not a police officer anymore.
Any more smart talk from you
And I'll exercise my rights as a private citizen
And belt you in the mouth.
How come you're so interested in this?
I hate to see the police wasting their time on a phony.
If you didn't have a legitimate alibi tucked away someplace
You'd be so scared.
How come I'm not using it?
Oh, you will when you have to.
Right now it makes you a big man in the neighborhood
So you're milking it for all it's worth.
What about them two dead cops, huh?
Are they phonies?
You kill them?
Ask the fuzz inside. They know everything.
Hey, benny boy,
If you like it here so much
You can arrange to stay here for a long time.
Just sign a confession.
Oh, that'll be the day.
You see what I mean? A real two-bit fake.
Too stupid to admit you're guilty.
Too chicken to admit you're innocent.
I'm getting you out of here whether you like it or not.
Hey, you stay out of my life, you lousy cop-lover.
Yeah.
You know, I think you should let him go.
He didn't kill anybody.
And suppose you're wrong?
Let's face it. We don't have enough on him to hold him.
Well, find something.
That knife he's carrying is a concealed weapon.
Let him go but keep an eye on him.
You'll take the responsibility for the next man he kills?
Who are you?
I'm the custodian.
Well, uh,
Lieutenant green asked me to drop this off for tony.
It's some, uh...
Lineups and batting orders and things.
We found it in hal brubaker's pocket.
Were you in here a minute ago, sergeant?
I just got off duty.
I heard some footsteps.
A noise. The front door was open.
You relax. I'll have a look around.
Who's there?
Hi. Hi.
Where's tony?
He's not feeling very well today.
A good friend of ours died yesterday.
Where did this come from?
Uh, I'm not sure.
I think we had a prowler last night.
That's funny, it's locked.
A prowler? In here?
I heard footsteps and I guess I heard that drop,
But when I got out here there was no one here.
Where'd you find it?
By the lockers.
John. I threw this humidor away about two years ago.
Well maybe it's not the same one?
Oh, yes, same markings, initials, everything.
It belonged to tony's father.
Now, how-? How could that just reappear like this?
Well, maybe tony's father rescued it from the trash.
No, he- he was killed when tony was a kid.
Killed?
Well, I suppose I might as well tell you.
It's no secret in this town.
When tony was 8 years old,
His father shot and killed his mother.
The gun that tony had found somewhere and brought home.
It's one of those horribly tragic accidents.
Anyhow, his- his father was convicted of manslaughter
And sentenced to prison.
About a year later, he was killed in a prison riot.
That must have left quite a mark on tony.
Yes, it did.
Seeing your mother die, uh...
Your father sent to prison, living in foster homes and-
Well, he seems to have done pretty well in spite of it.
Or because of it.
He built this club to prove he can be useful
And to help other kids as lonely and confused as he was.
He worked his head off to become a policeman.
A really good policeman.
Hi, mrs. Burrell, is tony here?
He's not here yet, chuck.
He said he'd hit some this morning.
I'll hit some for you.
Swell. Come on, you guys.
Yeah. Come on.
I'm playing center.
Second.
I play second.
I got second base.
Come on, I'll race you!
Yeah, come on!
Hi.
Tony, don't. Not right now.
Give me 12 good reasons why not.
Because...
Mm, that's funny, I can't think of any.
What's that?
Hey, I thought you threw this monstrosity away.
I did. Years ago.
But it turned up at the playground last night.
How come it's locked?
Didn't you have a key for it?
Now, why would I keep a key to a hunk of junk like this?
Look, do me a favor, will you, honey?
Get rid of it permanently next time.
Oh, my gosh, I promised the kids
I'd be there at baseball practice.
Why'd you let me sleep so late? Ah!
Take your time.
John's keeping them happy.
John, eh?
He's quite a find, that guy.
You know, it seems to me he should be doing something else
Than janitor service though.
Honey,
You got any coffee in the pot?
Uh, I'll fix you some.
Good, but if it's anything like yesterday's coffee,
Maybe I'd better make it.
Oh...
Carole, will you send these slacks to the cleaners?
They got grass stains all over them.
Okay, tony.
All right, stay with it, chuck.
Here we go.
On the ground.
Hit it to me. Come on, over here.
All right, here we go.
On the ground. On the ground, come on.
Mr. Evans! The baseball's bleeding!
Well, maybe I hit it too hard.
No kidding, mr. Evans, look!
There's blood all over it!
Hello?
Uh, tony. John evans.
Yes, john. How's everything?
Not so good.
Hold on.
All right, everybody home.
Come on. Come on. Everybody home. See you tomorrow.
Come on.
Not so good, tony. I found the body of a policeman.
Out in the high weeds by the field.
A policeman?
Yeah, it looks like he's been murdered.
Tony, who is it?
Tony? Are you still there?
What's wrong?
Uh, john? I'd better call the police.
I already called them.
All right. I'll be right down.
All right, kids, beat it, go home.
Every time that something happens...
Come on, come on, go home, sonny, go home.
Check on that guy. See what he's doing there, will you?
Okay, ed.
Call the lab men in here.
Same m.O. As the others.
Head bashed in with a rock, badge ripped off his uniform.
Hogan, brubaker, now mckay.
That's three in less than a month.
Jackson, call headquarters.
Have them pick up benny bycek again.
Anybody else on that list.
From now on, everyone's a suspect.
Right.
All right, who is he? Where'd he come from?
He says he's the custodian.
He and the kids found the body.
What's your name?
John evans.
You live around here?
I have a room in back of the clubhouse.
How long have you been working as a custodian?
Since yesterday.
His bag is in the back room and it's all packed.
How come it's still packed?
I just haven't had a chance to get settled.
Where'd you work before this?
A farm in springfield, missouri.
Write the names and addresses
Of your last two employers will you, please, mr. Evans?
Were you here last night?
Yes.
Did you see or hear anything unusual?
Well, I heard a sound about 11:30.
I went out of my room. I didn't see anyone.
Then the officer came by-
All right, berger, take mr. Evans inside.
I want to hear more about this.
Okay.
Come on, let's go.
Have the lab guys run a fingerprint check on this.
I want to know who this guy is and where he comes from.
Yes, sir.
You might as well unpack, evans.
I may want to ask you a few more questions.
We'll be home if you need us. Right, carole.
Tuck in your nerve endings, john.
Green's always rough in an interrogation,
But this time he's had three of his best men killed.
Yeah.
It's a personal matter with him now.
You look like you can use a drink.
Come on back to the house. No, thanks.
well, if you change your mind,
Stop by.
This odd-shaped key, tony, what's it for?
I don't know.
Opens a locker or something.
It might fit the humidor.
You and that humidor.
I'm sorry, I just can't understand it.
I know I threw that humidor away years ago.
And it wasn't locked either.
It was never locked.
All right, let's try it.
Hey, you know something?
It looks like it'll fit.
It doesn't seem to work.
Here. The lock's rusty.
Let me see if I can jiggle it.
Oh, my god, tony.
Look.
Two badges.
Two police badges.
One-five-six is hal brubaker's.
And joe hogan's.
Tony, were you at the playground last night?
I was here last night. You know that.
How could I know?
I was at my sociology class.
You don't think I knew about this, do you?
Hey.
Hey, remember me? I'm your husband.
Tony burrell?
Patrolman tony burrell?
I don't go around killing people.
I know that,
But how do you explain all this?
The key, the humidor, the badges-
What do you mean? How-? How do I go-?
How-? How do I go about explaining it?
I can't explain it. I didn't find the humidor.
I didn't find- okay, okay, okay.
Let- let's think back.
I- I got home from class
About 12:30 last night
And you were asleep in bed.
Don't you remember?
Yes, I remember.
Um...
Uh...
Let's see, uh...
After you left for class,
I called the brubaker family
And talked to his brother for a while
And then, uh...
And then I had this miserable headache and I, um...
I went in there to- to take a nap.
Uh...
And...
And then I, uh...
I remember sitting down
And t-taking off my shoes
And- and stretching out.
I must have fallen asleep and- and stayed asleep.
You were in your pajamas when I came home.
I was?
Well, I must have gotten up and gotten undressed.
Don't you remember doing it?
Well, I was pretty groggy, carole.
Tony, I know why you were discharged
From the police department.
What's that go to do with-? The real reason, tony.
Sure, I told you.
A stupid little heart murmur, what's-
Lieutenant green and the psychiatrist told me.
"psychologically unstable," they said.
They said you refused to go for help.
Why?
Why did they tell you?
The psychiatrist thought I should know in case-
In case?
Sure, in case.
In case I started acting like a nut.
I fell asleep
And I don't remember getting undressed.
Does that make me a murderer?
A madman who goes around
Killing policemen and stealing their badges?
No! Oh, carole.
Carole.
Brubaker and hogan were my friends.
Mckay too.
I'd die a thousand times over-
Mckay,
Why isn't his badge with the others?
Where'd you find the humidor?
John evans found- evans?
He found mckay's body.
Maybe he can explain some of this.
Let me go with you. No, no, I want you to stay here.
John.
Wait a minute.
What are you doing? Checking out?
Well, I told carole when I took the job
It may be temporary.
I have this job back east.
Ed green told you to stay around.
Yeah, but I got this
Long-distance phone call, you see.
Okay, but you sure picked a funny time to be leaving.
Well, I wasn't leaving exactly.
I thought I'd go send a wire and-
You don't need a suitcase to send a wire.
Come on, john, let's go inside and talk.
I should send that wire. It'll wait.
Come on, let's talk.
John,
I got a mess of questions, no answers.
I need your help.
How'd you get that humidor?
I was in my room, I heard a noise.
I came out here, I didn't see anybody.
I found the humidor on the floor.
There were two badges in that box, john.
Apparently, the killer hasn't had a chance
To add mckay's to the collection.
Tony, you don't think-?
I don't know what to think.
I'd feel a lot better
If I hadn't seen you trying to skip out.
I wasn't trying to skip out.
Look, I was trained as a police officer.
I still think like one.
How do you think a cop feels
When another officer is murdered?
I had nothing to do with it, tony.
I'm not accusing you.
How can I?
Still too many pieces missing.
But I don't think you'll-
What's this?
I meant to give that to you but things got hectic around here.
This was hal brubaker's.
Where'd you get it?
From sergeant mckay.
Mckay?
When did you last see mckay?
Last night. Just after the prowler.
He came by, told me to give you that.
You saw mckay last night
And you didn't tell me about it?
I didn't have a chance. I told lieutenant green.
But you didn't tell me. Or carole.
Why didn't you give this to carole?
I intended to.
She was upset about the humidor.
And then the kids came in to play baseball.
All right, john.
You better unpack your suitcase.
What for? And empty your pockets.
If you forgot you had brubaker's notebook,
You might have forgotten you have mckay's badge.
Tony.
My police revolver.
I was hoping I'd get to use it, again,
But not like this.
Sit down.
I never killed nobody. I swear I didn't.
Where were you last night, benny?
I was playing poker in donovan's garage-
You're lying. I'm not lying,
So help me, I swear.
Look, ask any of the guys- the guys?
The guys would lie to protect you,
Wouldn't they, benny?
They're not lying, so help me they're-
Listen, I heard you threaten mckay.
You said something about you're gonna trim the fuzz.
Hey, I didn't- I didn't mean it like that.
"trim the fuzz." remember that expression?
I didn't mean it like murder- watch it.
We're gonna trim you.
You hear what I'm saying, sonny boy?
We're gonna trim you good. I didn't do it.
I didn't kill him.
I didn't-
Fingerprint report on that custodian.
Kimble?
Convicted murderer.
Let's go pick him up.
What about benny? He's in the back room
Crying his heart out.
Well, he told me yesterday he hasn't cried
Since he's 10 years old. Let him weep.
Gonna find any answers in my suitcase.
Honey, what's-?
Tony.
Tony, isn't this sergeant mckay's badge?
Where'd you get this?
It fell out of your slacks.
The ones with the grass stains on them.
What are you say-?
You think-?
Carole, this is me.
I never killed anyone.
Maybe you don't remember killing anyone. That's crazy.
Those other times-?
What did that psychiatrist say?
Did he say I was a murderer? No, no, but he did say-
If he thought I was some kind of a madman,
Why didn't he put me away?
They didn't think that, tony.
The police test showed only the tiniest symptoms.
Don't you move.
No. Tony, please listen to me.
No. I will not.
Not if you keep talking to me like that.
Like I'm some sort of psycho or something.
Or is that what you think? I don't know.
I don't know what to think.
Look,
They were my friends.
They were policemen.
I was a policeman.
I was one of them.
How did your father die, tony?
My father? What's he got to do with this?
How did he die?
He was killed in prison. In a riot.
By the prisoners?
No, by the police. He-
Tony,
The police took your father and put him in prison.
The police killed him.
The police turned you into an orphan.
They gave you a job and they took it away.
It's lieutenant green.
What does he want?
He wants the man that killed those policemen.
Tony, please, please, put the gun away.
No, it's my gun.
My police gun,
Like the other one, the other one.
No, it- it wasn't your fault.
Just like the other one I found. It wasn't your fault.
It was!
Tony, please.
Stop it.
No.
That's my gun.
Ed.
Tony, give me the gun. No.
Come on, now-
You can't have that gun.
Tony, please. No.
Tony, give me the gun, please.
No, that's my gun.
Leave me alone!
Tony- it's mine!
Give me that gun. Come on.
I want that gun!
Look, tony.
Look out there.
You see that policeman?
You shot that policeman. Do you understand?
You shot him.
Oh, no.
Me?
You're gonna be okay. Okay, buddy.
I sent for more units.
We're gonna take kimble in custody.
No,
Not kimble.
It was tony.
Tony?
What are you saying?
I saw him through the window.
I-
I saw him fire the gun.
You shot him.
Get the gun, carole.
Come on, tony,
Come on.
Tony, stop it!
Tony, no, no.
Tony, no!
I guess tony has finally-
Tony.
Tony?
Tony, forgive me.
Forgive me.
Don't be sore at me, mommy.
Oh, hush.
Hush, darling.
I'm sorry.
Tony.
He's not shooting at us? What's he doing?
Hey, you.
Where do you think you're going?
I, uh, heard some shooting in there.
Hold it, fella.
We'll take care of it. This is no place for you.
Now get out of here.
Go on, move.
Carole.
Who did this?
Kimble?
I did it.
You?
All those murders.
There was only one man tony wanted to kill.
And I had to do it for him.
Want to buy a playground, ed?
This one?
No, tony, no Saturday morning club.
No nothing.
Carole,
Will this help?
The boys down at headquarters got together and, uh,
Well, it's for you and the Saturday morning club.
And- and tony.
Tony?
This tony.
Will you-?
Will you thank them for me?
Sure.
If there's any more we can do.
Well, I, uh-
I might be able to use some volunteers to work around here.
You got them.
By the way, carole, uh,
Have you heard any more from kimble?
John evans?
Richard kimble.
You know, it's funny.
I guess there's two of him too.
See you soon, carole.
One man with a dozen names,
A dozen identities,
But none he can claim as his own.
Richard kimble moves on
In search of justice
And the elusive privilege of answering to his rightful name.