By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

Like the great film, it's made with a great deal of visible affection both in front of and behind the camera.

One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.

It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,

T.V. doesn't get any better. This is not an overstatement nor is it false praise. This show had everything and dealt with it in a manner that was not handled with the normal pseudo intellectual writing other television shows made their mainstay. Understated and played with a gritty realism that would make any noir film envious. The greatest part about this show is the one that never gets mentioned by critics, or is missed by them is that the complete series is based on a chess game, the writers give a nod to the game of chess inadvertently and with subtle cues. Even in the last episode, there are 3 players left on the board. The performances by the supporting actors and the lead, Jansen are impeccable. If you need to get a feel for the show and aren't sure about whether or not this show is for you, watch episode 30,,"End Game". It is a good metric for the series. The nice points to this show are the camera work and the music, along with writing that is smart and honest, you won't find feel good clichés or wacky characters for comic relief, just high wire suspense. I could binge watch this series from beginning to end, if there was a way to do it. You can find episodes on VHS, or on Youtube, but there is no DVD collection. I have looked everywhere and I am just amazed that the greatest show that ever aired was never preserved or capitalized for a new audience. The movie with Harrison Ford was a weak sister and a pale imitation to this cinematic art. The show dealt with issues of race, class disparity, homelessness, the media, poor parenting, and yes, even a subtle nod to the LGBT issues. The main lesson that the viewer walks away from after viewing this show is the illusion of projecting ones own view of reality and the misconceptions that arise from that. This show is so layered that its a chess game 14 moves out. Made in 1964 this program was years ahead of the television programming that airs today.

My dad introduced me to when it first came out, must have been around 16 or 17 at the time. Now 21, yet I still can get enough. Absolutely love the show. Every episode just has some kind of thrilling twist. Show isn't about highly cost cameras that can do just about anything these, this is old school. Yet how in depth they get with each character, and certain camera angles really puts this show way past its time. Sad they didn't run the show longer, but there are plenty of episodes and think they did a great job on how they ended it. For anyone looking for good ol' black and white shows, The Fugitive is a must for checking out.

And although everyone has their own favorite TV show, "The Fugitive" is definitely a worthy candidate for anyone's list.The show has an excellent premise: a doctor is unjustly convicted of the murder of his wife; en route to the "death house" he manages to escape after a train wreck; he roams the United States in search of the one-armed man who is the real killer; and all the while he is relentlessly pursued by a police lieutenant "obsessed with his capture." The show is a cross between 1) The famous Dr. Sam Sheppard murder case in Cleveland (although the show's creator Roy Huggins consistently and adamantly denied this) and 2) Victor Hugo's classic "Les Miserables" (which Roy Huggins readily admitted).David Janssen is perfectly cast as the lead character Dr. Richard Kimble; the script writing for each and every episode is superb; and the music for each episode matches form and content magnificently.But what stands out most, for me, are the unforgettable performances by the guest stars.--Sandy Dennis as a feisty mountain girl who dreams of making something of herself in the Big City--Eileen Heckart as a Catholic nun who is experiencing a crisis of faith --Ed Begley as a crippled and embittered college law professor who arranges, for his class of law students, a mock trial of Richard Kimble --Brenda Scott as a fisherman's teenage daughter who develops a monstrous crush on Richard Kimble, and she won't let him leave until she gets "her kiss" --Janis Paige as a popular and enigmatic singer who plunges into rudeness and alcohol as a response to her terminal disease --Angie Dickinson as the sister of a crippled man (Robert Duvall) who receives physical and mental therapy from Dr. Kimble --Bruce Dern, Sharon Farrell and R.G. Armstrong as the leaders of a backwoods moonshine community that gives a hard time to Dr. Kimble and an even harder time to Lieutenant Gerard (Barry Morse)--Jack Klugman as a guilt-ridden trucking company owner who is constantly pressured financially by the widow (Geraldine Brooks) of a trucker whose death he caused --Laura Devon as a beautiful but illiterate girlfriend of a con man; she gets tutored by Dr. Kimble and blossoms into a genuine "Fair Lady"--Antoinette Bower as beautiful woman who is perceived as a curse and a deadly jinx to men in a small fishing town --Jacqueline Scott as Dr. Kimble's loyal sister, Richard Anderson as Dr. Kimble's brother-in-law, and Diane Baker as Dr. Kimble's love--These unforgettable characters, and so many, many more, convince me that Stephen King is correct. "The Fugitive" is indeed the greatest TV show of all time.

While I agree that this show probably tops the list of great TV dramas, it wasn't perfect. There was a tendency to repeat plot as is common with virtually all shows and the final episode was disappointing to say the least. At a gathering in LA sponsored by the The Museum of TV and Radio to honor Roy Huggins, he was asked about the final episode. He said that he had to, because of demands by ABC execs, show that the one armed man was without a doubt the guilty party. He knew that it was overkill to have the one armed man admit to the killing and to have Gerard then kill him in the episode wasn't great writing either. He said that the difficulty in getting the show on the air due to having a purported wife-killer as the hero of the piece was almost impossible, yet, he insisted on it and we all thank him for creating the finest drama TV has ever seen. Considering his other productions and that actors such as James Garner from Maverick shared the stage that night with Mr. Huggins, it amazed me that virtually all questions from the audience concerned The Fugitive. It truly says something about the staying power of the show. It is one to be watched and savored.