The Fugitive (1963) s02e02 Episode Script
World's End
Ellie, this thing you're doing for me, uh Oh, correction.
"For me"? If you think I'm a sweet, demure, self-sacrificing little thing-- No.
I think you're something extra-special.
I think you deserve a lot more than this.
Mm.
Hear, hear.
You know what I've been through any thought of love or marriage or ( chuckles ) Now, I-- I really don't see anyone holding a shotgun on you.
Richard Richard I love you, you know that.
So much so I'm willing to take my chances you'll wake up one morning and find you love me too.
Until then, here's to a long and happy status quo.
NARRATOR: ( dramatic theme playing ) A QM Production.
Starring David Janssen as Dr.
Richard Kimble.
An innocent victim of blind justice, falsely convicted for the murder of his wife, reprieved by fate when a train wreck freed him en route to the death house.
Freed him to hide in lonely desperation, to change his identity, to toil at many jobs.
Freed him to search for a one-armed man he saw leave the scene of the crime.
Freed him to run before the relentless pursuit of the police lieutenant obsessed with his capture.
ANNOUNCER: The guest stars in tonight's story: Suzanne Pleshette, Carmen Mathews.
Also starring Barry Morse as Lieutenant Philip Gerard.
ANNOUNCER: NARRATOR: Another dreary town.
Another shabby street.
Another weary pause in Richard Kimble's search for a man with one arm.
His only real hope of escaping a life of fear.
Uh, a bowl of soup, any kind.
No front page.
Richard Kimble turns directly to the classified section.
Here are the things that really matter: A room, a job, a way to stay alive.
And, tonight, something else.
"Personal to R.
K.
: "Have information regarding September 17th.
Phone me at home.
Urgent.
E.
B.
" The 17th was the night Kimble's wife was murdered.
( phone rings ) Relax.
It's probably Bob.
He's only called twice.
Hello? Hello? Who is this? This is Ellie, who's this? Ellie, it's me.
I-- I read your personal.
Richard! R-Richard? Can you talk? Well, yes, yes, of course I can speak.
Th-that is-- That is provided I can get my breath back.
It was the wildest possible chance.
I-- Oh, I didn't know where you were.
I-I've been running that ad for a week.
I know, you see, I just Mm, did I say a week? It-- It seems more like a-- Well, Richard, you don't know, just sitting here, waiting, trying to pray.
Telling myself you'd have to see it, you'd just have to.
Is it that important? Well, Mr.
Keller seems to think it is.
You remember that private investigator Daddy put on just before he died? Well-- Well, he's-- He's finally earning his keep.
I-I think he's got a lead.
On what? The man you've been looking for.
The-- The one-armed man.
( dramatic theme playing ) Richard? Is he sure? Well, you're the only one who can be sure.
You-- You'd have to identify him yourself.
Where? Well, last we heard, he was in Missouri, two days ago.
Richard, when can you meet me in Kansas City? Kansas City? Tomorrow, if I can get a bus tonight.
Tomorrow.
Well, I'll be at the Missouri Manor.
You be careful, huh? Ellie, uh Thanks, uh Thanks.
( chuckles ) A brandy wouldn't hurt either of us.
Did I make any sense at all? Not to me.
Well, I wasn't talking to you.
( chuckles ) I'm on your wavelength.
Sue me.
You didn't tell me that you were planning to meet him.
You know there's nothing definite yet.
Well, it could be definite any minute.
Then he'd need help.
He'd need a friend.
"Friend"? Tell me, do I detect an ugly, skeptical note in your voice? Oh, come off it, Ellie, you're in love with him.
Just as you were all through the trial.
The way you sat and looked at him Now, you're making noises like a mother.
When will you understand that I like Richard Kimble.
I wanna help him.
That's it.
The end.
Period.
( dialing ) You've got a date with Bob tomorrow night.
Well, you're just gonna have to tell him that-- Hello? Uhreservations.
Uh, I'd like a round-trip ticket to Kansas City, Missouri.
Earliest possible flight.
Well, yes, yes, that would be fine.
UhEleanor Burnett.
Ellie, I don't want you to go.
Well, no, that won't be necessary.
I'll pick them up at the airport.
Thank you.
( ominous theme playing ) I check the out-of-town papers every couple of weeks.
How long has this been running? Seven days.
Where? New York, L.
A.
, Pittsburgh, I haven't checked the rest.
I'll bet she's spent a lot of money.
"She"? Eleanor Burnett.
Those are her initials.
She's in love with him.
Do you know that? I know she never missed a single session of the trial.
That's when it happened, I guess.
Even now, my wife and I go there for dinner, Ellie's talking about Kimble before we get to the soup.
Well, not talking so much: probing, digging, trying to find out what I know.
Phil, if you'd rather let someone else follow through on this Someone else? I mean, in view of your friendship with the Burnetts.
I'm sure you don't want to hurt the girl.
I don't wanna hurt anyone.
I just wanna close out some unfinished business.
You said you'd found him.
You phoned me.
He was alive three days ago.
And the next night, he was dead.
A fire.
Burned to death in a fire.
I didn't find out till yesterday.
Then there's-- There's nothing.
Dr.
Kimble hasn't got a hope.
He can't prove a word of what he said if this was the man he was looking for.
Well, we're still not sure.
Well, you've got the proof right here.
That farmer, Newlin, you-- Well, you said you showed him a sketch of the one-armed man.
He identified him as the man who died in his barn.
Well, he could have made a mistake or had a reason.
I'll start checking, backtracking, see what I can find.
Do you think there's a chance? ( phone rings ) Hello? Is it all right if I come up? Well, will you give me a moment.
I'm afraid you'll have to excuse me.
I have an appointment.
Yes, well, I should be getting started anyway.
I, uh Well, I hope you're satisfied with what I've done so far.
Well, yes.
I mean, uh, there is still a chance and I would like to stay with the case.
Of course, I'm at the point now where I can hardly give guarantees.
Well, I hope you understand, Mr.
Keller, that I need proof.
No maybes, no might-bes.
Proof.
I've got to be sure.
I'll try.
Ellie ( dramatic theme playing ) Richard, it's been so long.
Two years.
You try counting it in hours and minutes sometime.
When I, uh, read your ad last night Well, just to know that someone, somewhere, wanted to help a friend.
And then when, I, uh I found out that you-- That you found him Richard You know what that means, Ellie, uh, don't you? Richard, listen-- To walk down a street anywhere in any city.
And if somebody asks me, I can say my name is: "Kimble, Richard Kimble.
They-- They used to think I was a murderer.
" Where is he? When can I see him? Well, you must be tired.
You've been riding on a bus all night.
I took a room for you.
Well, I have a room, at the Edmund Hotel.
Well, how about some lunch? I know what we need, champagne.
No reunion is complete without champagne.
Ellie.
Ellie.
Where is he? You have to understand, Richard, we're not certain.
Mr.
Keller didn't get there till afterwards.
After what? Well, it may be some other one-armed man, not the one you're looking for.
What are you trying to say? W-what is it? Where is he? He died in a fire.
( ominous theme playing ) Ellie's meeting him someplace, isn't she? Phil, she wants to help him prove he's innocent.
Is that such a crime? The law says it is.
Aiding and abetting an interstate fugitive.
She could pick up a prison sentence.
I wanna help you both.
Where is she, Ada? I can't tell you.
We've been friends for a long time.
Don't make me be a cop.
Phil, I can't.
I can't betray her.
I can't betray Richard.
You don't "betray" a convicted murderer.
I hoped you'd want to help your daughter.
Well, never mind.
I'll find her.
Star of Belgium, isn't it? I remember John was pruning this that Sunday afternoon when he told us that he believed in Kimble and was going to defend him.
I told him he'd regret it some day.
He never did.
He never saw what it was doing to his family.
I'm sorry, Ada.
Lieutenant Gerard to headquarters.
MAN: Come in, lieutenant.
I want to put out a tracer on Eleanor Burnett.
B-U-R-N-E double-T.
Probably left town within the last couple of days.
Know where she might've been heading, lieutenant? If I knew that, I wouldn't need the tracer.
Not at all, sir.
Sorry we couldn't have been more help to you.
Right.
Oh, lieutenant, I got lucky on that tracer, that Eleanor Burnett.
Yeah.
She left last night, Mid-West Airlines, Flight 12, 11:05 p.
m.
Arrived Kansas City, Kansas City, well, uh, get me a seat on the next available flight and teletype Kansas City, attention Captain Walker.
Give him my flight number and just say, uh, "Request your cooperation, re: Richard Kimble.
Believe him to be in your area.
" Yes, sir.
ELLIE: What keeps your motor running full speed like that? Well, this.
I am telling myself, if he's dead, I'm dead.
If he's dead, I'm dead.
We're not sure he's dead.
I've got to be sure, Ellie.
I'm going out to the farm.
Springvale? That's 30 miles away.
There's a bus.
Why? You've got Keller's report.
The farmer identified the sketch.
All the artist had was words.
He never saw the one-armed man.
Ellie, I've lived with that face in front of me for two years.
I kept telling myself, "Well, that's all right "because someday I'll find him.
"One day I'll make him confess.
Then I'll be free.
" Oh, Richard, you're punishing yourself.
Maybe I am, but I've gotta make sure.
I've gotta talk to that farmer.
Ellie, there might be one little thing, one little word , one-- I don't know, a little something that was overlooked that'll tell me that it wasn't my man.
And if it wasn't? I'll keep looking.
For how long? As long as it takes.
( keys clink ) I rented a car.
It's in the garage.
What would I do without you? ( chuckles ) You've got a bigger problem.
What are you gonna do with me? ( sentimental theme playing ) Must've come in here and got himself drunk.
Sheriff found an empty bottle.
Could've knocked over that kerosene lamp and not even known.
But you talked to him earlier.
Mm-hm, right after supper.
He walked in, out of the night, and asked for work.
You didn't have any work.
I always got work.
I didn't like the look of him.
I didn't want him hanging around my wife and kid.
This belly of mine, I got worries enough.
Anyway, last I saw of him, he was heading back to the road.
How long would you say you talked to him? A couple of minutes, maybe.
And it was dark? Pretty dark, out by the barn.
You can still be sure that this was the man? That's right.
I mean, it was dark.
You only talked to him for a couple of minutes.
Look, you told me this guy's a buddy of yours, okay.
You told me you wanted to ask me some questions, okay.
Now you're trying to call me a liar or something-- No.
No, I'm not saying you're lying.
I'm saying the memory plays tricks and How about your wife? Did she talk to him? No, I'm the only one who talked to him.
Did she see him? No.
Never did.
I'll tell you what, Charlie Watts, he took charge of the body, what was left of it.
He's the mortician in Springvale.
You might try him.
Billy, if you're goin' to the doctor, you better be goin' Just leavin', Gracie.
This belly of mine, ahem.
People say that farming's healthy.
Some joke.
I got one worry on top of another.
It's enough to kill a man.
How far is it to Springvale? About six miles.
You can follow me.
( ominous theme playing ) Looks like you're outta luck, son.
Coroner closed the case.
I cremated him this mornin'.
I wouldn't take it too hard, though.
There wasn't no way you could have identified him.
His arms which one was missing? Well, if I recollect rightly, it was, uh, his right one.
Yeah, just above the elbow.
Well, could you, uh, make a guess at his, uh height, weight.
Well, maybe If I had to, I'd say he was 5'10", Heavy, kind of broad in the beam, but those are just guesses, you understand.
Yeah, they're good enough.
Well, it's plain to see that this feller meant a lot to you.
I'm sorry, but you'll get over it.
You just take my word for it.
You got a whole wonderful life ahead of you, son.
( ominous theme playing ) Well, that's incredible.
How did you get it? Well, even a blind chicken picks up an acorn once in a while.
Newlin wasn't home when I went back to the farm.
That gave me a chance to talk to his wife.
Now, she was worried right from the start.
And the more questions I asked, the more worried she got.
So I took a long shot.
I suggested that she was very lucky, that this one-armed man was a murderer.
That he'd killed a woman two years ago.
Well, of course, I was just throwing her a fish, but she jumped clear out of the water for it.
Told me that's exactly what he'd said to her.
And that's when I pulled the rug out.
How? You see, when I first went to the farm, she said she hadn't even seen the one-armed man.
Now all I had to do was hammer at her.
I told her I knew she lied and that brought it on fast.
What'd she say? Four years ago, she had married Newlin.
She came here from Nebraska with her baby.
A widow, she said.
"Confidential interview.
Mrs.
Newlin was not a widow "when she married present husband.
"Man who died in fire was father of her son, "named Barney Willis.
"She had helped send him to prison.
"He was trying to blackmail her.
She swears she had nothing to do with his death.
" Willis, two years ago, was in the Nebraska State Prison.
He couldn't possibly have been the man who murdered Mrs.
Kimble.
Well, then Dr.
Kimble's one-armed man is still very much alive.
Yes, ma'am.
I'm afraid he'll just have to keep looking.
Police Department.
Yes, ma'am.
Just give me the address, we'll have somebody out there right away.
Sergeant Keith, this is Lieutenant Gerard.
Oh, lieutenant.
Thank you.
And thanks for sending the car at the airport.
Captain Walker said to tell you the department's yours.
Just, uh, say what you want.
I want Kimble.
And we'll try to get him for you.
You can start with the girl.
Find her for me and I'll buy you the best dinner in town.
What's her name? Eleanor Burnett.
( knock on door ) They're sure.
They're all sure.
Newlin, the undertaker they're all sure it was him.
Richard, listen, uh-- As sure as I wish I could be.
What's that? Another report? I was trying to tell you.
The-- The man in the fire I know.
He's mine.
They're right, aren't they? Keller found the proof, you didn't wanna tell me.
He's dead.
Would that be so bad? If he were dead? No more wasting your life.
No more chasing ghosts.
No more chance to prove the truth.
It's not the end of the world.
There are other worlds, other places, other countries.
We could go to Brazil.
Y-you'd be safe there.
They can't extradite you from Brazil.
He's dead, Ellie.
We could charter a plane.
We could fly out tonight.
Richard, it could be wonderful.
He's dead.
Richard.
Richard.
Give me the Missouri Manor, please.
Yeah, I'd like to, uh-- I'd like to speak to Miss Ellie Burnett.
Thank you.
Ellie, uh, it's me.
Look, I'm sorry about last night.
You have the wrong room.
My name is Burnett.
Whoever it was, you bit his head off.
That's not like you, Ellie.
Oh? What am I like, lieutenant? I always thought you were like your father.
Meaning the best.
Well, you've made your pretty speeches, Phil.
What comes next, the grilling? I suppose that's the routine.
No grilling.
No routine.
You tell me you don't know where Kimble is.
Fine.
I'm taking your word.
With, uh, some small confirmation, of course.
We had the hotel staked out last night.
I felt sure that if our friend were in town, that he'd have dropped by to see you.
You're very sharp, lieutenant.
Thank you.
Even though you did make the trip for nothing.
Why did you make it? I told you, I had a lead on the one-armed man.
You didn't find him.
Not this time.
You never will.
He doesn't exist outside of Kimble's mind.
Because you don't want him to exist? And you do because you can't face the truth, that you're in love with a murderer.
By your definition.
By the jury's.
But he won't hurt you, Ellie.
I won't let him.
I'm gonna find him and put him where he can't hurt anyone.
Well, I think you've said everything, Phil.
Now, if you'll excuse me, I'd like to get dressed.
I tried to help you.
I'm sorry.
I won't bother you again.
( door closes ) ( dials ) Hello, would you get me the Edmund Hotel, please.
Thank you.
( phone ringing ) Yes? Richard, I'm sorry I couldn't talk before but Phil Gerard was here.
Gerard.
He doesn't know you're in town.
I'm sure he doesn't.
He'll find out.
Well, it won't matter because we'll be gone by then.
Richard, do you remember what we talked about? Well, I found a plane we can charter.
And there's a private airport just outside of town.
Richard? Are you--? Are you there? Do you know what that means? Yeah, I know what it means, Ellie.
The way you sound, am I that hard to take? What was in that last report? What made Keller so sure? What proof did he find? Ellie, I've gotta know.
Well, that-- That man the one who died in the fire, he got threatening and he let it slip.
What? He said he'd killed a woman two years ago.
He told Mrs.
Newlin.
Richard, I am sorry.
I-- I only wish But I think you've got to accept it now.
There's nothing to hold you anymore.
We could fly out tonight.
Richard, where can I meet you? There's a There's an inn in Springvale.
Springvale? Is that safe? I've got to see Mrs.
Newlin.
Richard, you saw her once.
What good will it do? Please don't go there.
Please! Ellie, I'll pick you up at the Springvale Inn around 8:00.
That was her.
Miss Burnett, room 304.
She just hung up.
What number did she call? Grand 1-4471.
The Edmund Hotel.
That's across town, about three miles.
Like the lady says, you're a sharp one, lieutenant.
Thank you.
You're welcome.
I just work here.
Is this man registered? Hard to say.
We got lots of guests right now.
No, we're just asking about this one.
So, uh, unless you'd rather we put a lock on the joint What for? Resorting.
You take another look, friend.
Could be Mr.
May, 501.
Is he up there now? Yeah.
The pass key.
Thanks.
It's that sort of place.
Oh, you shoot an arrow into the air this part of town, it's pretty hard to miss.
( suspenseful theme playing ) I'm checking out.
Cops, they're upstairs.
Use the back door.
Union Station.
KEITH: Mm-hm.
Right.
Check.
Okay, I'll talk to you later.
Well, he took the cab to the station, didn't go in.
Then he, uh, took another cab to City Hall, and that's-- That's as far as we've been able to trace him.
You tipped him off.
Why should I? I told ya, I'm stuck for his bill.
Please, my husband is sick enough.
If he should ever hear us Your husband said that you'd never seen that one-armed man.
All right, so I told a lie.
Well, I had to, my husband was standin' right there.
But you told the truth to the investigator.
Oh, now, don't you start making trouble over that.
All I gotta do is call Mr.
Newlin, and sick or no sick, lie or no lie, he'll take after you with a shotgun.
All I want is the truth.
Did you see the one-armed man? Well, of course I seen him.
What happened? What did he say? What did he do? Did he threaten you? I told the investigator.
Well, tell me.
Did he say he'd ever killed a woman? Is that all you wanna know? Did he ever kill a woman? Yes.
Yes.
How long ago? A year? Two years? Three years? Two years.
Uh That's what he said, he killed some woman two years ago.
NEWLIN: Grace? Are you sure? Of course I'm sure.
That's what he said.
You really come out here all that way just to ask me that? NEWLIN: Grace! ( car engine starts ) ( phone dialing ) Hello, hello, this is Eleanor Burnett in 304.
Would you get my bill ready? I'm checking out.
Thank you.
Mother! What--? You greet all your friends like a sumo wrestler? Well, that lady's no friend.
That lady's my mother.
Oh, uh, this is for the 10:00 train for San Francisco.
Thank you.
San Francisco? Oh, that's for Phil Gerard.
Phil? He followed me here.
I think he's still snooping around.
Well, I talked with Mr.
Keller's office.
They said it was the wrong man.
That's why I flew out.
I There's nothing you can do for Richard now.
You wanna quote me odds? Look, you, uh-- You better take a deep breath and fasten your seat belt because I'm gonna tell you something you're not gonna like.
I'm going away with Richard.
That's a very bad joke.
It's no joke.
I'm meeting him in Springvale at 8:00, the Springvale Inn.
From there we go to Tucker Field.
It's a private airport where I chartered a big white bird to whisk us away to Mexico City and from there to Brazil.
Phil can't touch him in Brazil.
So Richard's giving up? And the one-armed man? He thinks he's dead.
Died in that fire three nights ago.
Well, that's the wrong man.
You know that's the wrong man.
Oh, Ellie, don't.
As long as Richard knows that the one-armed man is alive, as long as there's a hope of finding him-- Oh, you'd have to figure his chances with a computer.
In the meantime, both our lives are wasted.
Running, dying a little bit every day.
Yes, both of us dying.
Don't argue with me, love, I've thought it all out.
I always knew that you were stubborn and reckless.
I never knew I'd raised a liar and a cheat.
I'm sorry.
I'm late.
Ellie, don't do it.
I'll call you.
I won't let you, Ellie.
Collect.
I won't let you! Hello, operator.
Get me police headquarters, please.
( dramatic theme playing ) Not a trace of 'em.
Now, come on, Ada.
Every minute you hold me up, you push her closer to the edge.
Come on, now, tell me.
Where did they go? I don't know.
But you called me.
You had information.
I was wrong.
Ada, you know me.
I'm no rookie cop, and I know you.
You acted on a decent impulse and called me.
But then you started to worry.
That's not true.
Because you've never been able to say no to her.
Never.
Not since she broke her first expensive toy.
Whatever darling wanted, darling got.
Phil, please-- But loving isn't just giving in all the time.
If a child picks up a jar of poison And this could hurt her more.
Phil Could you keep her name out of it? That's a promise.
They chartered a plane.
They're flying out tonight.
Tucker Field.
Don't beat yourself, Ada.
You've done the best thing you could for her.
For her? ( dramatic theme playing ) ( upbeat jazz music playing ) ( phone ringing ) Springvale Inn, good evening.
Pardon? Yes, we're the only inn in Springvale.
I beg your pardon, uh, we have a wedding party.
If you could talk a little slower.
This is Mrs.
Burnett, Ada Burnett.
I'm trying to reach my daughter, Eleanor.
I believe she's there.
If you'll hold on, ma'am, I'll be glad to page her.
Telephone for Miss-- ( music lowers ) Telephone for Miss Eleanor Burnett.
Miss Burnett, please.
You saw her? Anything? Nothing new.
It's getting late.
I was beginning to get worried.
I thought I was being ditched at somebody else's altar.
Could use a drink.
I heard you the first time.
Yes, ma'am, yes.
If she comes in, I'll be sure to tell her.
Yes, ma'am, I have the description.
Thank you.
I would like a martini, if you'll just kind of wave the vermouth over it, huh? Make it two.
Where were you? What took you so long? Driving around, thinking.
Trying to, uhfind the words.
For what? Well, I haven't found them yet.
( chuckles ) Ellie, this thing you're doing for me, uh Oh, correction.
"For me"? If you think I'm a sweet, demure, self-sacrificing little thing-- No, I think you're something extra-special.
I think you deserve a lot more than this.
Mm.
Hear, hear.
You know what I've been through.
Any thought of love or marriage or-- ( chuckles ) Now, I-- I really don't see anyone holding a shotgun on you.
Richard.
Richard.
I love you, you know that.
So much so, I'm willing to take my chances you'll wake up one morning and find you love me too.
Until then, here's to a long and happy status quo.
( crowd chattering loudly ) ( gleeful laughter ) Here you are.
Well, we better get going.
Excuse me, uh, would your name be Burnett? Eleanor Burnett? Why, yes.
I have a message from your mother.
Uh, she wants you to call her at the hotel.
Said to tell you it was very important.
Thank you.
I didn't know she was here.
Shall we go? We ought to find out what's important.
I know what's important.
( suspenseful theme playing ) Lieutenant Gerard.
We're all set.
I'd like to get another car out on the road.
It'd be pretty tough to hide it, lieutenant.
You say he's, uh, pretty cautious.
Well, we can put a man in the plane, if you like.
Good.
Oh, sergeant, tell your men to be careful, the girl.
Right.
Next right.
Still change your mind.
Mm, might as well fly down to Rio.
I've got nothing else to do tonight, do you? I've got nothing else to do the rest of my life.
Now, that's funny, I can say that: "The rest of my life.
" Do you know that they speak Portuguese in Brazil? Ellie, I'm trying to thank you, uh I know.
I'm trying to ignore it.
I'd have to say it sometime.
Oh, Richard.
Well, a man can't live without hope, there's nothing.
No meaning to anything.
It's like watching TV with the sound off.
When I found out the one-armed man was dead, I-- Well, I thought that was the end.
I guess it would have been, except for you.
Richard, please I lost one hope, I found another.
A new world, a new life Stop it, Richard, will you, huh? Stop it.
Now, what's the matter? You never saw me without my makeup on.
What does that mean? I'm a liar and a cheat.
Also a chicken.
I planned to burn this, only you had to open your big mouth and tell me how great I am.
( suspenseful theme playing ) Could you wait a minute, please? Where will you go? Where the bus is going.
Ellie, uh You never kissed me like that before.
Maybe I never loved you before.
( ominous theme playing ) Ellie? What happened about the airplane? Oh, mother, I bought it, I'm having it bronzed.
I'm sorry, that wasn't very nice.
I phoned, I cancelled the plane.
Honey, I know I made mistakes-- Yeah, well, I'll make a deal with you, you forget your mistakes, I'll forget mine.
( door buzzes ) ( ominous theme playing ) Where is he? He's gone.
I want a straight answer, Ellie.
Where is he? I don't know, Phil.
You've lost him? Yes, I guess I have.
But then, it's almost worthwhile because you lost him too.
NARRATOR: Where will Richard Kimble go? Wherever the bus is going, wherever the fates will take him, wherever there is a hope of finding the one-armed man.
And now, once again, there is that hope.
( dramatic theme playing )
"For me"? If you think I'm a sweet, demure, self-sacrificing little thing-- No.
I think you're something extra-special.
I think you deserve a lot more than this.
Mm.
Hear, hear.
You know what I've been through any thought of love or marriage or ( chuckles ) Now, I-- I really don't see anyone holding a shotgun on you.
Richard Richard I love you, you know that.
So much so I'm willing to take my chances you'll wake up one morning and find you love me too.
Until then, here's to a long and happy status quo.
NARRATOR: ( dramatic theme playing ) A QM Production.
Starring David Janssen as Dr.
Richard Kimble.
An innocent victim of blind justice, falsely convicted for the murder of his wife, reprieved by fate when a train wreck freed him en route to the death house.
Freed him to hide in lonely desperation, to change his identity, to toil at many jobs.
Freed him to search for a one-armed man he saw leave the scene of the crime.
Freed him to run before the relentless pursuit of the police lieutenant obsessed with his capture.
ANNOUNCER: The guest stars in tonight's story: Suzanne Pleshette, Carmen Mathews.
Also starring Barry Morse as Lieutenant Philip Gerard.
ANNOUNCER: NARRATOR: Another dreary town.
Another shabby street.
Another weary pause in Richard Kimble's search for a man with one arm.
His only real hope of escaping a life of fear.
Uh, a bowl of soup, any kind.
No front page.
Richard Kimble turns directly to the classified section.
Here are the things that really matter: A room, a job, a way to stay alive.
And, tonight, something else.
"Personal to R.
K.
: "Have information regarding September 17th.
Phone me at home.
Urgent.
E.
B.
" The 17th was the night Kimble's wife was murdered.
( phone rings ) Relax.
It's probably Bob.
He's only called twice.
Hello? Hello? Who is this? This is Ellie, who's this? Ellie, it's me.
I-- I read your personal.
Richard! R-Richard? Can you talk? Well, yes, yes, of course I can speak.
Th-that is-- That is provided I can get my breath back.
It was the wildest possible chance.
I-- Oh, I didn't know where you were.
I-I've been running that ad for a week.
I know, you see, I just Mm, did I say a week? It-- It seems more like a-- Well, Richard, you don't know, just sitting here, waiting, trying to pray.
Telling myself you'd have to see it, you'd just have to.
Is it that important? Well, Mr.
Keller seems to think it is.
You remember that private investigator Daddy put on just before he died? Well-- Well, he's-- He's finally earning his keep.
I-I think he's got a lead.
On what? The man you've been looking for.
The-- The one-armed man.
( dramatic theme playing ) Richard? Is he sure? Well, you're the only one who can be sure.
You-- You'd have to identify him yourself.
Where? Well, last we heard, he was in Missouri, two days ago.
Richard, when can you meet me in Kansas City? Kansas City? Tomorrow, if I can get a bus tonight.
Tomorrow.
Well, I'll be at the Missouri Manor.
You be careful, huh? Ellie, uh Thanks, uh Thanks.
( chuckles ) A brandy wouldn't hurt either of us.
Did I make any sense at all? Not to me.
Well, I wasn't talking to you.
( chuckles ) I'm on your wavelength.
Sue me.
You didn't tell me that you were planning to meet him.
You know there's nothing definite yet.
Well, it could be definite any minute.
Then he'd need help.
He'd need a friend.
"Friend"? Tell me, do I detect an ugly, skeptical note in your voice? Oh, come off it, Ellie, you're in love with him.
Just as you were all through the trial.
The way you sat and looked at him Now, you're making noises like a mother.
When will you understand that I like Richard Kimble.
I wanna help him.
That's it.
The end.
Period.
( dialing ) You've got a date with Bob tomorrow night.
Well, you're just gonna have to tell him that-- Hello? Uhreservations.
Uh, I'd like a round-trip ticket to Kansas City, Missouri.
Earliest possible flight.
Well, yes, yes, that would be fine.
UhEleanor Burnett.
Ellie, I don't want you to go.
Well, no, that won't be necessary.
I'll pick them up at the airport.
Thank you.
( ominous theme playing ) I check the out-of-town papers every couple of weeks.
How long has this been running? Seven days.
Where? New York, L.
A.
, Pittsburgh, I haven't checked the rest.
I'll bet she's spent a lot of money.
"She"? Eleanor Burnett.
Those are her initials.
She's in love with him.
Do you know that? I know she never missed a single session of the trial.
That's when it happened, I guess.
Even now, my wife and I go there for dinner, Ellie's talking about Kimble before we get to the soup.
Well, not talking so much: probing, digging, trying to find out what I know.
Phil, if you'd rather let someone else follow through on this Someone else? I mean, in view of your friendship with the Burnetts.
I'm sure you don't want to hurt the girl.
I don't wanna hurt anyone.
I just wanna close out some unfinished business.
You said you'd found him.
You phoned me.
He was alive three days ago.
And the next night, he was dead.
A fire.
Burned to death in a fire.
I didn't find out till yesterday.
Then there's-- There's nothing.
Dr.
Kimble hasn't got a hope.
He can't prove a word of what he said if this was the man he was looking for.
Well, we're still not sure.
Well, you've got the proof right here.
That farmer, Newlin, you-- Well, you said you showed him a sketch of the one-armed man.
He identified him as the man who died in his barn.
Well, he could have made a mistake or had a reason.
I'll start checking, backtracking, see what I can find.
Do you think there's a chance? ( phone rings ) Hello? Is it all right if I come up? Well, will you give me a moment.
I'm afraid you'll have to excuse me.
I have an appointment.
Yes, well, I should be getting started anyway.
I, uh Well, I hope you're satisfied with what I've done so far.
Well, yes.
I mean, uh, there is still a chance and I would like to stay with the case.
Of course, I'm at the point now where I can hardly give guarantees.
Well, I hope you understand, Mr.
Keller, that I need proof.
No maybes, no might-bes.
Proof.
I've got to be sure.
I'll try.
Ellie ( dramatic theme playing ) Richard, it's been so long.
Two years.
You try counting it in hours and minutes sometime.
When I, uh, read your ad last night Well, just to know that someone, somewhere, wanted to help a friend.
And then when, I, uh I found out that you-- That you found him Richard You know what that means, Ellie, uh, don't you? Richard, listen-- To walk down a street anywhere in any city.
And if somebody asks me, I can say my name is: "Kimble, Richard Kimble.
They-- They used to think I was a murderer.
" Where is he? When can I see him? Well, you must be tired.
You've been riding on a bus all night.
I took a room for you.
Well, I have a room, at the Edmund Hotel.
Well, how about some lunch? I know what we need, champagne.
No reunion is complete without champagne.
Ellie.
Ellie.
Where is he? You have to understand, Richard, we're not certain.
Mr.
Keller didn't get there till afterwards.
After what? Well, it may be some other one-armed man, not the one you're looking for.
What are you trying to say? W-what is it? Where is he? He died in a fire.
( ominous theme playing ) Ellie's meeting him someplace, isn't she? Phil, she wants to help him prove he's innocent.
Is that such a crime? The law says it is.
Aiding and abetting an interstate fugitive.
She could pick up a prison sentence.
I wanna help you both.
Where is she, Ada? I can't tell you.
We've been friends for a long time.
Don't make me be a cop.
Phil, I can't.
I can't betray her.
I can't betray Richard.
You don't "betray" a convicted murderer.
I hoped you'd want to help your daughter.
Well, never mind.
I'll find her.
Star of Belgium, isn't it? I remember John was pruning this that Sunday afternoon when he told us that he believed in Kimble and was going to defend him.
I told him he'd regret it some day.
He never did.
He never saw what it was doing to his family.
I'm sorry, Ada.
Lieutenant Gerard to headquarters.
MAN: Come in, lieutenant.
I want to put out a tracer on Eleanor Burnett.
B-U-R-N-E double-T.
Probably left town within the last couple of days.
Know where she might've been heading, lieutenant? If I knew that, I wouldn't need the tracer.
Not at all, sir.
Sorry we couldn't have been more help to you.
Right.
Oh, lieutenant, I got lucky on that tracer, that Eleanor Burnett.
Yeah.
She left last night, Mid-West Airlines, Flight 12, 11:05 p.
m.
Arrived Kansas City, Kansas City, well, uh, get me a seat on the next available flight and teletype Kansas City, attention Captain Walker.
Give him my flight number and just say, uh, "Request your cooperation, re: Richard Kimble.
Believe him to be in your area.
" Yes, sir.
ELLIE: What keeps your motor running full speed like that? Well, this.
I am telling myself, if he's dead, I'm dead.
If he's dead, I'm dead.
We're not sure he's dead.
I've got to be sure, Ellie.
I'm going out to the farm.
Springvale? That's 30 miles away.
There's a bus.
Why? You've got Keller's report.
The farmer identified the sketch.
All the artist had was words.
He never saw the one-armed man.
Ellie, I've lived with that face in front of me for two years.
I kept telling myself, "Well, that's all right "because someday I'll find him.
"One day I'll make him confess.
Then I'll be free.
" Oh, Richard, you're punishing yourself.
Maybe I am, but I've gotta make sure.
I've gotta talk to that farmer.
Ellie, there might be one little thing, one little word , one-- I don't know, a little something that was overlooked that'll tell me that it wasn't my man.
And if it wasn't? I'll keep looking.
For how long? As long as it takes.
( keys clink ) I rented a car.
It's in the garage.
What would I do without you? ( chuckles ) You've got a bigger problem.
What are you gonna do with me? ( sentimental theme playing ) Must've come in here and got himself drunk.
Sheriff found an empty bottle.
Could've knocked over that kerosene lamp and not even known.
But you talked to him earlier.
Mm-hm, right after supper.
He walked in, out of the night, and asked for work.
You didn't have any work.
I always got work.
I didn't like the look of him.
I didn't want him hanging around my wife and kid.
This belly of mine, I got worries enough.
Anyway, last I saw of him, he was heading back to the road.
How long would you say you talked to him? A couple of minutes, maybe.
And it was dark? Pretty dark, out by the barn.
You can still be sure that this was the man? That's right.
I mean, it was dark.
You only talked to him for a couple of minutes.
Look, you told me this guy's a buddy of yours, okay.
You told me you wanted to ask me some questions, okay.
Now you're trying to call me a liar or something-- No.
No, I'm not saying you're lying.
I'm saying the memory plays tricks and How about your wife? Did she talk to him? No, I'm the only one who talked to him.
Did she see him? No.
Never did.
I'll tell you what, Charlie Watts, he took charge of the body, what was left of it.
He's the mortician in Springvale.
You might try him.
Billy, if you're goin' to the doctor, you better be goin' Just leavin', Gracie.
This belly of mine, ahem.
People say that farming's healthy.
Some joke.
I got one worry on top of another.
It's enough to kill a man.
How far is it to Springvale? About six miles.
You can follow me.
( ominous theme playing ) Looks like you're outta luck, son.
Coroner closed the case.
I cremated him this mornin'.
I wouldn't take it too hard, though.
There wasn't no way you could have identified him.
His arms which one was missing? Well, if I recollect rightly, it was, uh, his right one.
Yeah, just above the elbow.
Well, could you, uh, make a guess at his, uh height, weight.
Well, maybe If I had to, I'd say he was 5'10", Heavy, kind of broad in the beam, but those are just guesses, you understand.
Yeah, they're good enough.
Well, it's plain to see that this feller meant a lot to you.
I'm sorry, but you'll get over it.
You just take my word for it.
You got a whole wonderful life ahead of you, son.
( ominous theme playing ) Well, that's incredible.
How did you get it? Well, even a blind chicken picks up an acorn once in a while.
Newlin wasn't home when I went back to the farm.
That gave me a chance to talk to his wife.
Now, she was worried right from the start.
And the more questions I asked, the more worried she got.
So I took a long shot.
I suggested that she was very lucky, that this one-armed man was a murderer.
That he'd killed a woman two years ago.
Well, of course, I was just throwing her a fish, but she jumped clear out of the water for it.
Told me that's exactly what he'd said to her.
And that's when I pulled the rug out.
How? You see, when I first went to the farm, she said she hadn't even seen the one-armed man.
Now all I had to do was hammer at her.
I told her I knew she lied and that brought it on fast.
What'd she say? Four years ago, she had married Newlin.
She came here from Nebraska with her baby.
A widow, she said.
"Confidential interview.
Mrs.
Newlin was not a widow "when she married present husband.
"Man who died in fire was father of her son, "named Barney Willis.
"She had helped send him to prison.
"He was trying to blackmail her.
She swears she had nothing to do with his death.
" Willis, two years ago, was in the Nebraska State Prison.
He couldn't possibly have been the man who murdered Mrs.
Kimble.
Well, then Dr.
Kimble's one-armed man is still very much alive.
Yes, ma'am.
I'm afraid he'll just have to keep looking.
Police Department.
Yes, ma'am.
Just give me the address, we'll have somebody out there right away.
Sergeant Keith, this is Lieutenant Gerard.
Oh, lieutenant.
Thank you.
And thanks for sending the car at the airport.
Captain Walker said to tell you the department's yours.
Just, uh, say what you want.
I want Kimble.
And we'll try to get him for you.
You can start with the girl.
Find her for me and I'll buy you the best dinner in town.
What's her name? Eleanor Burnett.
( knock on door ) They're sure.
They're all sure.
Newlin, the undertaker they're all sure it was him.
Richard, listen, uh-- As sure as I wish I could be.
What's that? Another report? I was trying to tell you.
The-- The man in the fire I know.
He's mine.
They're right, aren't they? Keller found the proof, you didn't wanna tell me.
He's dead.
Would that be so bad? If he were dead? No more wasting your life.
No more chasing ghosts.
No more chance to prove the truth.
It's not the end of the world.
There are other worlds, other places, other countries.
We could go to Brazil.
Y-you'd be safe there.
They can't extradite you from Brazil.
He's dead, Ellie.
We could charter a plane.
We could fly out tonight.
Richard, it could be wonderful.
He's dead.
Richard.
Richard.
Give me the Missouri Manor, please.
Yeah, I'd like to, uh-- I'd like to speak to Miss Ellie Burnett.
Thank you.
Ellie, uh, it's me.
Look, I'm sorry about last night.
You have the wrong room.
My name is Burnett.
Whoever it was, you bit his head off.
That's not like you, Ellie.
Oh? What am I like, lieutenant? I always thought you were like your father.
Meaning the best.
Well, you've made your pretty speeches, Phil.
What comes next, the grilling? I suppose that's the routine.
No grilling.
No routine.
You tell me you don't know where Kimble is.
Fine.
I'm taking your word.
With, uh, some small confirmation, of course.
We had the hotel staked out last night.
I felt sure that if our friend were in town, that he'd have dropped by to see you.
You're very sharp, lieutenant.
Thank you.
Even though you did make the trip for nothing.
Why did you make it? I told you, I had a lead on the one-armed man.
You didn't find him.
Not this time.
You never will.
He doesn't exist outside of Kimble's mind.
Because you don't want him to exist? And you do because you can't face the truth, that you're in love with a murderer.
By your definition.
By the jury's.
But he won't hurt you, Ellie.
I won't let him.
I'm gonna find him and put him where he can't hurt anyone.
Well, I think you've said everything, Phil.
Now, if you'll excuse me, I'd like to get dressed.
I tried to help you.
I'm sorry.
I won't bother you again.
( door closes ) ( dials ) Hello, would you get me the Edmund Hotel, please.
Thank you.
( phone ringing ) Yes? Richard, I'm sorry I couldn't talk before but Phil Gerard was here.
Gerard.
He doesn't know you're in town.
I'm sure he doesn't.
He'll find out.
Well, it won't matter because we'll be gone by then.
Richard, do you remember what we talked about? Well, I found a plane we can charter.
And there's a private airport just outside of town.
Richard? Are you--? Are you there? Do you know what that means? Yeah, I know what it means, Ellie.
The way you sound, am I that hard to take? What was in that last report? What made Keller so sure? What proof did he find? Ellie, I've gotta know.
Well, that-- That man the one who died in the fire, he got threatening and he let it slip.
What? He said he'd killed a woman two years ago.
He told Mrs.
Newlin.
Richard, I am sorry.
I-- I only wish But I think you've got to accept it now.
There's nothing to hold you anymore.
We could fly out tonight.
Richard, where can I meet you? There's a There's an inn in Springvale.
Springvale? Is that safe? I've got to see Mrs.
Newlin.
Richard, you saw her once.
What good will it do? Please don't go there.
Please! Ellie, I'll pick you up at the Springvale Inn around 8:00.
That was her.
Miss Burnett, room 304.
She just hung up.
What number did she call? Grand 1-4471.
The Edmund Hotel.
That's across town, about three miles.
Like the lady says, you're a sharp one, lieutenant.
Thank you.
You're welcome.
I just work here.
Is this man registered? Hard to say.
We got lots of guests right now.
No, we're just asking about this one.
So, uh, unless you'd rather we put a lock on the joint What for? Resorting.
You take another look, friend.
Could be Mr.
May, 501.
Is he up there now? Yeah.
The pass key.
Thanks.
It's that sort of place.
Oh, you shoot an arrow into the air this part of town, it's pretty hard to miss.
( suspenseful theme playing ) I'm checking out.
Cops, they're upstairs.
Use the back door.
Union Station.
KEITH: Mm-hm.
Right.
Check.
Okay, I'll talk to you later.
Well, he took the cab to the station, didn't go in.
Then he, uh, took another cab to City Hall, and that's-- That's as far as we've been able to trace him.
You tipped him off.
Why should I? I told ya, I'm stuck for his bill.
Please, my husband is sick enough.
If he should ever hear us Your husband said that you'd never seen that one-armed man.
All right, so I told a lie.
Well, I had to, my husband was standin' right there.
But you told the truth to the investigator.
Oh, now, don't you start making trouble over that.
All I gotta do is call Mr.
Newlin, and sick or no sick, lie or no lie, he'll take after you with a shotgun.
All I want is the truth.
Did you see the one-armed man? Well, of course I seen him.
What happened? What did he say? What did he do? Did he threaten you? I told the investigator.
Well, tell me.
Did he say he'd ever killed a woman? Is that all you wanna know? Did he ever kill a woman? Yes.
Yes.
How long ago? A year? Two years? Three years? Two years.
Uh That's what he said, he killed some woman two years ago.
NEWLIN: Grace? Are you sure? Of course I'm sure.
That's what he said.
You really come out here all that way just to ask me that? NEWLIN: Grace! ( car engine starts ) ( phone dialing ) Hello, hello, this is Eleanor Burnett in 304.
Would you get my bill ready? I'm checking out.
Thank you.
Mother! What--? You greet all your friends like a sumo wrestler? Well, that lady's no friend.
That lady's my mother.
Oh, uh, this is for the 10:00 train for San Francisco.
Thank you.
San Francisco? Oh, that's for Phil Gerard.
Phil? He followed me here.
I think he's still snooping around.
Well, I talked with Mr.
Keller's office.
They said it was the wrong man.
That's why I flew out.
I There's nothing you can do for Richard now.
You wanna quote me odds? Look, you, uh-- You better take a deep breath and fasten your seat belt because I'm gonna tell you something you're not gonna like.
I'm going away with Richard.
That's a very bad joke.
It's no joke.
I'm meeting him in Springvale at 8:00, the Springvale Inn.
From there we go to Tucker Field.
It's a private airport where I chartered a big white bird to whisk us away to Mexico City and from there to Brazil.
Phil can't touch him in Brazil.
So Richard's giving up? And the one-armed man? He thinks he's dead.
Died in that fire three nights ago.
Well, that's the wrong man.
You know that's the wrong man.
Oh, Ellie, don't.
As long as Richard knows that the one-armed man is alive, as long as there's a hope of finding him-- Oh, you'd have to figure his chances with a computer.
In the meantime, both our lives are wasted.
Running, dying a little bit every day.
Yes, both of us dying.
Don't argue with me, love, I've thought it all out.
I always knew that you were stubborn and reckless.
I never knew I'd raised a liar and a cheat.
I'm sorry.
I'm late.
Ellie, don't do it.
I'll call you.
I won't let you, Ellie.
Collect.
I won't let you! Hello, operator.
Get me police headquarters, please.
( dramatic theme playing ) Not a trace of 'em.
Now, come on, Ada.
Every minute you hold me up, you push her closer to the edge.
Come on, now, tell me.
Where did they go? I don't know.
But you called me.
You had information.
I was wrong.
Ada, you know me.
I'm no rookie cop, and I know you.
You acted on a decent impulse and called me.
But then you started to worry.
That's not true.
Because you've never been able to say no to her.
Never.
Not since she broke her first expensive toy.
Whatever darling wanted, darling got.
Phil, please-- But loving isn't just giving in all the time.
If a child picks up a jar of poison And this could hurt her more.
Phil Could you keep her name out of it? That's a promise.
They chartered a plane.
They're flying out tonight.
Tucker Field.
Don't beat yourself, Ada.
You've done the best thing you could for her.
For her? ( dramatic theme playing ) ( upbeat jazz music playing ) ( phone ringing ) Springvale Inn, good evening.
Pardon? Yes, we're the only inn in Springvale.
I beg your pardon, uh, we have a wedding party.
If you could talk a little slower.
This is Mrs.
Burnett, Ada Burnett.
I'm trying to reach my daughter, Eleanor.
I believe she's there.
If you'll hold on, ma'am, I'll be glad to page her.
Telephone for Miss-- ( music lowers ) Telephone for Miss Eleanor Burnett.
Miss Burnett, please.
You saw her? Anything? Nothing new.
It's getting late.
I was beginning to get worried.
I thought I was being ditched at somebody else's altar.
Could use a drink.
I heard you the first time.
Yes, ma'am, yes.
If she comes in, I'll be sure to tell her.
Yes, ma'am, I have the description.
Thank you.
I would like a martini, if you'll just kind of wave the vermouth over it, huh? Make it two.
Where were you? What took you so long? Driving around, thinking.
Trying to, uhfind the words.
For what? Well, I haven't found them yet.
( chuckles ) Ellie, this thing you're doing for me, uh Oh, correction.
"For me"? If you think I'm a sweet, demure, self-sacrificing little thing-- No, I think you're something extra-special.
I think you deserve a lot more than this.
Mm.
Hear, hear.
You know what I've been through.
Any thought of love or marriage or-- ( chuckles ) Now, I-- I really don't see anyone holding a shotgun on you.
Richard.
Richard.
I love you, you know that.
So much so, I'm willing to take my chances you'll wake up one morning and find you love me too.
Until then, here's to a long and happy status quo.
( crowd chattering loudly ) ( gleeful laughter ) Here you are.
Well, we better get going.
Excuse me, uh, would your name be Burnett? Eleanor Burnett? Why, yes.
I have a message from your mother.
Uh, she wants you to call her at the hotel.
Said to tell you it was very important.
Thank you.
I didn't know she was here.
Shall we go? We ought to find out what's important.
I know what's important.
( suspenseful theme playing ) Lieutenant Gerard.
We're all set.
I'd like to get another car out on the road.
It'd be pretty tough to hide it, lieutenant.
You say he's, uh, pretty cautious.
Well, we can put a man in the plane, if you like.
Good.
Oh, sergeant, tell your men to be careful, the girl.
Right.
Next right.
Still change your mind.
Mm, might as well fly down to Rio.
I've got nothing else to do tonight, do you? I've got nothing else to do the rest of my life.
Now, that's funny, I can say that: "The rest of my life.
" Do you know that they speak Portuguese in Brazil? Ellie, I'm trying to thank you, uh I know.
I'm trying to ignore it.
I'd have to say it sometime.
Oh, Richard.
Well, a man can't live without hope, there's nothing.
No meaning to anything.
It's like watching TV with the sound off.
When I found out the one-armed man was dead, I-- Well, I thought that was the end.
I guess it would have been, except for you.
Richard, please I lost one hope, I found another.
A new world, a new life Stop it, Richard, will you, huh? Stop it.
Now, what's the matter? You never saw me without my makeup on.
What does that mean? I'm a liar and a cheat.
Also a chicken.
I planned to burn this, only you had to open your big mouth and tell me how great I am.
( suspenseful theme playing ) Could you wait a minute, please? Where will you go? Where the bus is going.
Ellie, uh You never kissed me like that before.
Maybe I never loved you before.
( ominous theme playing ) Ellie? What happened about the airplane? Oh, mother, I bought it, I'm having it bronzed.
I'm sorry, that wasn't very nice.
I phoned, I cancelled the plane.
Honey, I know I made mistakes-- Yeah, well, I'll make a deal with you, you forget your mistakes, I'll forget mine.
( door buzzes ) ( ominous theme playing ) Where is he? He's gone.
I want a straight answer, Ellie.
Where is he? I don't know, Phil.
You've lost him? Yes, I guess I have.
But then, it's almost worthwhile because you lost him too.
NARRATOR: Where will Richard Kimble go? Wherever the bus is going, wherever the fates will take him, wherever there is a hope of finding the one-armed man.
And now, once again, there is that hope.
( dramatic theme playing )