What's the Difference between The Fugitive the TV Show and The Fugitive the Movie?
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In the Movie |
Philip Gerard
Portrayed by: Barry Morse
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Samuel Gerard
Portrayed by: Tommy Lee Jones
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None given
Portrayed by: Bill Kasich
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Frederick Sykes
Portrayed by: Andreas Katsulas
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The Fugitive TV Show vs Movie
| In the TV Show |
In the Movie |
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Richard Kimble is a pediatrician from Stafford, Indiana. |
Richard Kimble is a vascular surgeon from Chicago, Illinois. |
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The one-armed man does not have a prosthetic arm. |
The one-armed man, Frederick Sykes, has a prosthetic arm which factors into Kimble tracking him down.
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Richard Kimble uses various aliases and works various jobs to prevent Gerard from finding him. |
Richard Kimble fully devotes his efforts to uncovering his wife's murderer. Except for briefly using the name of a hospital janitor, he does not use any fake names. |
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The events take place in the 1960s over a span of several years. |
The events take place in the span of a few months around 1992.
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Richard Kimble escapes from police custody after the train he is riding derails. |
Richard Kimble escapes from police custody after the bus he is riding crashes. |