Forerunners
The story of a decent man, convicted unjustly, on the
run and at odds with society, surely did not first
crop up when that fateful train wreck freed Richard
Kimble en route to the death house. Elements of
this classic scenario can be found in great works of
world literature dating back hundreds of years,
not to mention more recently in real life jurisprudence
as well as in such big-screen precursors as The
Greatest Show on Earth, the 1952 Cecil B. DeMille
picture in which Jimmy Stewart played a fugitive
doctor, wanted for the murder of his wife, who
takes odd jobs at a circus and uses his medical
knowledge to do good for those around him, even
if it costs him his freedom. (Many thanks to
empostal@aol.com
for pointing out the parallels between this movie and
The Fugitive.) A not-so-famous
episode of The Three Stooges also bears
an almost frightening resemblance to the saga of
Dr. Kimble, giving a glimpse into the humorous side
of his otherwise grimly fateful
predicament . . .
Der Fügitiv
Le Fugitif
Sam Sheppard, Proto-Fugitive
Back to HOMEPAGE OF THE HUNTED <http://unchance.net/Fugitive>
Created and maintained by Joseph Rosenzweig,
fugitive-owner@unchance.net