The Fugitive 1993
Directed by Andrew Davis
- Action, Thriller, Drama
- 131 min
- PG-13
Rotten Tomatoes96%Metacritic87
A murdered wife. A one-armed man. An obsessed detective. The chase begins.
Wrongfully convicted of murdering his wife and sentenced to death, Richard Kimble escapes from the law in an attempt to find the real killer and clear his name.
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Earnest, classical in form, grave and resolved.
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- resolvedopen-ended
- contemporarynostalgic
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- The New York TimesJanet MaslinAug 1993Review/Film; Back on the Trail Of a One-Armed Man
Super juggernaut of an adventure owes nothing to the past, including that series.
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Cast
- Harrison FordRichard Kimble
- Tommy Lee JonesSamuel Gerard
- Joe PantolianoCosmo Renfro
- Jeroen KrabbéCharles Nichols
- Daniel RoebuckBiggs
- L. Scott CaldwellPoole
- Tom WoodNewman
- Ron DeanDetective Kelly
- Joseph F. KosalaDetective Rosetti
- Andreas KatsulasFrederick Sykes
Crew
- Andrew DavisDirector
- Jeb StuartScreenplay
- David TwohyScreenplay
- Michael ChapmanDirector of Photography
- James Newton HowardOriginal Music Composer
- Don BrochuEditor
- Richard NordEditor
- Dennis VirklerEditor
- Arnold KopelsonProducer
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