The Fugitive is an action thriller movie. It is a Netflix original. Released on 6 August 1993. This movie is based on a series from 1960s with same name The Fugitive.
Running time of the movie is 130 minutes. Budget of the film was $44 million and over all collection of box office is approximately $368.9 million.
Andrew Davis is the director of the movie. David Twohy is the writer of the story. Arnold Kopelson is the producer. Production company is also his only which is Kopelson Entertainment.
It is a story of Dr. Richard Kimble who is falsely charged for killing his own wife. He one day escaped from the prison. Then when he was pursued by Deputy Marshal whose name was Samuel Gerard. Richard realizes soon that he cannot trust anyone around and have to only believe himself.
Ratings of the movies are amazing as per the audience. They have given 4.6 out of 5. For the critics it need many improvements. IMDb has given 7.8 out of 10.
It was a great success at screen as for consecutive six weeks it was a number 1 movie running.
Cast
Harrison Ford as Dr. Richard Kimble. Tommy Lee Jones as Deputy U.S. Marshal Sam Gerard. Sela Ward as Helen Kimble. Joe Pantoliano as Deputy U.S. Marshal Cosmo Renfro. Andreas Katsulas as Fredrick Sykes. Jeroen Krabbé as Dr. Charles Nichols. Daniel Roebuck as Deputy U.S. Marshal Bobby Biggs.
Tom Wood as Deputy U.S. Marshal Noah Newman. L. Scott Caldwell as Deputy U.S. Marshal Erin Poole. Johnny Lee Davenport as Deputy U.S. Marshal Henry.
Julianne Moore as Dr. Anne Eastman. Ron Dean as Detective Kelly. Joseph Kosala as Detective Rosetti. Jane Lynch as Dr. Kathy Wahlund. Dick Cusack as Attorney Walter Gutherie. Andy Romano as Judge Bennett. Nick Searcy as Sheriff Rawlins. Eddie Bo Smith as Copeland.
Neil Flynn as Transit Cop. Richard Riehle as Old Guard. Kirsten Nelson as Hospital Secretary. David Darlow as Dr. Alec Lentz. Frank Ray Perilli as Corrections Officer. Lester Holt as Newscaster.
Filming locations
Location in North Carolina
Bryson City, North Carolina, USA
- Cheoah Dam, Tapoco, North Carolina, USA here Dam sequences were filmed.
- Blue Ridge Parkway, Blue Ridge Mountains, North Carolina, USA
- Dillsboro, North Carolina, USA
- Great Smoky Mountains Railroad, Dillsboro, North Carolina, USA
- Sylva, North Carolina, USA
- Blue Ridge Mountains, North Carolina, USA
- Tapoco, North Carolina, USA
Location in Chicago
- Dearborn Street, The Loop, Downtown, Chicago, Illinois, USA(St. Patrick’s Day Parade)
- Pullman, Chicago, Illinois, USA(2nd pay phone scene, running atop rowhouses, home of one armed man)
- Wacker Drive & Wells Street, Downtown, Chicago, Illinois, USA(downtown pay phone scene)
- Cook County Jail, South Lawndale, Chicago, Illinois, USA
- University of Chicago, Hyde Park, Chicago, Illinois, USA where The John Crerar Library is identified as Chicago Memorial Hospital
- 11219 S St Lawrence Ave, Chicago, Illinois, USA
- City Hall – 121 N. LaSalle Street, The Loop, Downtown, Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Merrill C. Meigs Field, Near South Side, Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Chicago Hilton & Towers – 720 S. Michigan Avenue, Downtown, Chicago, Illinois, USA is where Ford confronts the real Villain.
- 203 N. LaSalle Street Building, Downtown, Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Four Seasons Hotel – 120 E. Delaware Pl., Near North Side, Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Cook County Hospital – 1835 W. Harrison Street, Near West Side, Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Near West Side, Chicago, Illinois, USA
- University of Chicago, Illinois, USA is the place where Harrion Ford works
- City Hall County Building, Chicago, Illinois, USA here Ford escapes from the building & hides in a St Patricks Day Parade was filmed.
- The Loop, Downtown, Chicago, Illinois, USA
- South Lawndale, Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Near South Side, Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Hyde Park, Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Four Seasons Hotel Chicago, Illinois, USA here Charity fund raiser event was filmed
- Four Seasons Hotel, Illinois, USA(Charity fun raiser)
- Richard J. Daley Memorial Plaza, The Loop, Downtown, Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Downtown, Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Fontana Dam at Lake Cheooh, Chicago, Illinois, USA it is location where Ford dives into the water.
Other Location
- Bay of Pendik, Turkey where motorboat chase was due to star
- Crinon, Scotland, UK where motorboat chase starts
