The Patsy
As Fate would have it, Richard Kimble seems
condemned to perpetually take the blame for crimes he does not
commit. His wife's murder is only the first in a long string of
robberies,
assaults and
killings that
Kimble's name gets linked to. In every town he visits, there seem to
be some local miscreants who are just waiting for a stranger with a
police record to show up so they can make him the fall guy for their
nefarious plan. Frequently, the schemer is an evil
seductress, such as Angie Dickinson in
BRASS RING, who seems to take a
fancy to Kimble, but really is only setting him up to take the rap
when she and her boyfriend murder her invalid brother and steal his
money. Fortunately for Kimble, the incredible bad luck that lands him
in these deadly situations is matched stroke for stroke by an amazing
providence which saves him each time at just the right moment, and he
is exonerated in every case — eventually even including that first,
most fateful crime, the murder of his wife, of course. The only
apparent exception to this pattern is the hit-and-run accident Kimble
is accused of causing in THE
2130; oddly, there is never any mention of how this case gets
resolved, though it's clear that Kimble is innocent here, too.
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