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The chase is on! Harrison Ford and Tommy Lee Jones breathed new life into an old TV show with this remake that pleased critics and audiences alike. Rejoin the hunt with our quiz!
In what city (and outlying area) is the movie set?
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Chicago
Chicago's Mayor Daley can be seen in the parade scene.
We never learn this
What was Richard Kimble's specialty?
Cardiologist
Harrison Ford shadowed real doctors as research for the role.
Neurologist
Trauma surgeon
Vascular surgeon
On what was 'The Fugitive' based?
A TV series
A novel
A real-life murder
Possibly all of the above
The most direct source was the 1960s TV show, which might have been based on a real-life case. As well as, possibly, Valjean and Javert from "Les Miserables."
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What was U.S. Marshal Gerard's first name?
David
Sam
It was changed from "Philip" in the TV series.
Luke
Philip
Why do the police and jury believe Kimble killed his wife?
He left a bloody fingerprint at the scene
She had a large life insurance policy
She whispered his name in her 911 call
Both #2 and #3
She says, "Richard, he's trying to kill me," which the 911 operator misunderstands.
What does Kimble do to disguise his appearance?
Shaves off his beard
Ford said that the studio was nervous about having his famous and handsome face covered for even part of the film.
Applies extensive facial bandaging
Shaves his head
Uses colored contact lenses
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What was Deputy Marshal Newman's first name?
Tommy
David
Noah
The name "Newman" also evokes his rookie status.
John
How does a prisoner kick off the escape attempt on the transport bus?
Picks his shackles with a hairpin
Fakes a seizure
The bus veers down a hillside and right into the path of an oncoming train, darn the luck!
Starts a fight with another prisoner
Riles up his fellow prisoners into rioting
In what kind of vehicle does Kimble escape the hospital?
A laundry truck
An ambulance
This prompted Gerard to say, with perplexed exasperation, "Where's he going in an ambulance?"
His friend Nichols' car
A motorcycle
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What area of the hospital does Kimble later sneak into disguised as a janitor?
The locker room
The ER
The chief of surgery's office
The prosthetics lab
Kimble is looking for records of patients who had a prosthetic arm repaired shortly after his wife's death.
How does Gerard's team figure out Kimble is back in Chicago?
There's a swell of Kimble sightings
Gerard deduces that he'd try to solve his wife's murder
They hear the El train on a recorded phone call he made
The El train features prominently later in the story, too.
They know he couldn't blend in, in the Illinois countryside
Who does Richard reach out to for help?
His doctor friend, Nichols
Nichols expresses concern for Richard's welfare and gives him money.
A newspaper reporter
A local police detective
Gerard himself
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What was Gerard's quip, in the tunnel, when he realized Kimble went down a storm drain?
"Son of a bitch."
"We've got a gopher."
He makes the deduction when marshals converge from both ends of the tunnel without finding Kimble.
"I hate the creative ones."
"Anybody got a plunger?"
More famously, what is Gerard's line when Kimble says, "I didn't kill my wife!"
"I don't care."
One critic considered Gerard's lack of concern disturbingly amoral.
"That's not my problem."
"I'd believe you if your lips weren't moving."
"What do I look like, the jury foreman?"
Who is in the house that the marshals raid?
Kimble's new landlady and her son
A woman who picked Kimble up
No one
The other fugitive from the train wreck
The marshals approach the house disguised as postal workers and homeless people.
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What does Gerard tell Newman, who thinks he should have bargained in the hostage situation?
"Bargaining is for lousy shots."
"I don't bargain."
Gerard successfully shot the escaped prisoner, who was holding Newman at gunpoint.
"You're still alive, aren't you?"
We don't hear this -- he's whispering in Newman's bad ear
What kind of parade do Kimble and the marshals play cat-and-mouse in?
Veterans Day
Fourth of July
St. Patrick's Day
The film's director, Andrew Davis, is a native of Chicago and wanted to do the parade scene.
Mardi Gras
Why does Kimble attract Dr. Eastman's (Julianne Moore) attention at the hospital?
She's seen his face on wanted posters.
He changes a patient's medical orders.
Eastman tells police "(Kimble) saved his life," but she still doesn't sound all that happy about it.
He is limping.
He steals a prosthetic device.
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Why is the Polish landlady's son arrested?
He deals drugs.
He gives up Kimble in order to get off the hook.
He has a DUI.
His visa is expired.
He leads a burglary ring.
Who actually killed Helen Kimble?
Kimble's friend Dr. Nichols
His colleague, Dr. Lentz
The ex-cop Sykes
The appropriately scary-looking Andreas Katsulas played Sykes.
A rogue ex-marshal
Why did Drs. Nichols and Lentz send a hired killer to the Kimble house?
They didn't want competition for the chief of surgery job
It was meant to be a burglary, not a murder
It was a coverup for a failed drug that they pushed through to market anyway.
Richard was the intended target, but he's called away to emergency surgery.
It was all about a love triangle gone wrong.
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What does Kimble quip after knocking out Sykes on the El train?
"Get off my train."
"You missed your stop."
Tommy Lee Jones really got all the film's best lines, but Ford did his best with this one.
"Don't worry, I'm sure a little Provasic will help."
"I'm sure you would've won this fight if you had two good arms."
Where does Kimble confront his false friend Nichols?
In the hospital's ER
In an underground garage
In court
On the podium where Nichols is introducing the drug Provasic
Nichols tries to play it off, saying "My friend Richard isn't feeling well."
Who gets knocked unconscious as part of the chase through the hotel?
Deputy Marshal Erin Poole
Deputy Marshal Cosmo Renfro
The character was supposed to be killed, but the actor wanted to be free to work in a sequel.
Sam Gerard
Richard Kimble
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Who saves whom in the film's climactic scene?
Gerard saves Kimble from being shot by Nichols
Kimble saves Gerard from being shot by Nichols
Kimble also saved Gerard, several times, in the TV series.
Kimble saves Nichols from falling off the roof
Kimble saves Renfro from being beaten to death by Nichols
What happened to Nichols at the end of the film?
He fell from the roof and died.
He shot himself.
He was arrested.
Both he and Kimble are walked out of the hotel in front of a crowd of reporters and onlookers.
He escaped into the night, with Gerard saying, "He won't get far."
What does Gerard say when Kimble tells him, "I thought you didn't care."
"I care a little."
"I don't."
He softens it by saying, "Try not to tell anyone, okay?"
"You must've seen through that."
"I do, I just try not to show it."
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What actor better known for "The Matrix" played Deputy Marshal Renfro?
Carrie-Anne Moss
Laurence Fishburne
Joe Pantoliano
He came back, as he hoped to, for "U.S. Marshals."
Hugo Weaving
Which actress played the doomed Helen Kimble?
Laura Linney
Sela Ward
Sela Ward was also Gregory House's acerbic ex, back in the show's second season.
Juliette Binoche
Anne Archer
What "Scrubs" actor also appeared in the movie?
John C. McGinley
Neil Flynn
Flynn is the transit cop who recognizes Kimble on the El train.
Donald Faison
Ken Jenkins
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Who won an Academy Award for his work on the film?
Andrew Davis, the director
Harrison Ford
Tommy Lee Jones
Ironically, Jones is rumored to have said, "It's not like anybody's going to win any awards for this film."
Screenwriter Jeb Stuart
Where was much of "The Fugitive" filmed?
North Carolina
The famous bus-train crash scene was filmed there, and exterior shots of the dam Kimble dives off.
Toronto and its surroundings
St. Louis and surroundings
Chicago and Illinois, the story's setting
Who played Richard Kimble in the 1960s TV series?
Tony Perkins
David Janssen
Jon Voight was in the running to play Sam Gerard.
Broderick Crawford
Jon Voight
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Which of the following actors was not considered for the role of Kimble?
Nick Nolte
Andy Garcia
Alec Baldwin
Patrick Dempsey
One of the producers, though, wanted Ford from the start.
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